skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Huh. I have that accent-folding widget for YUI2...
I think a lot of us played SimCity when we were little.
The current MacBook Pro lineup is $100 more in Canada for all models (from $1199 -> $1299 to $2499 -> $2599) with the base Mac Mini $50 more. The price difference is probably close enough to duty that it won't be worth it to cross the border.
Given Lothar Collatz was German and he died in September of 1990 I'd assume something about his death (a remembrance of some kind) triggered it. Most of the searches are from Germany along with neighboring Switzerland and Denmark.

Also note someone posted a picture of him on his Wikipedia page in Sept. '09 which is the first time the page had been touched by a non-bot in 15 months (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lothar_Collatz&...)

(He's also mentioned in the Sept. 2009 issue of the European Mathematical Society Newsletter for what it's worth)
Only a forced upgrade from Windows Update or the next version of Windows that I have to get would make me have IE9 installed. I still wouldn't use it though.
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Video games, to an extent. Though at least some of that comes from branching out into new genres that appeal outside of what would be considered traditional nerd interests. Sports games come to mind, for example.
Alice In Wonderland 1st Day Sales - 2 $100 Mil Weekend Beating Avatar's Opening
As a developer, I'd still be forced to use it for QA. :(
Thank you for the thoughtful response.

I was up all night finishing a project, and I am killing time right now staying awake, so understand if I'm not writing with precision.

When I said I speak to people the way humans should be spoken to, I meant that I am speaking to them with respect. I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but keep in mind that I am talking specifically about conversations about meaningful things. So in order to avoid speaking dis-respectfully, I avoid these conversations if the other persons can't handle them.

When I say meaningful, I mostly mean things that can be dissected into components and analyzed using logic. It is painful to listen to some people talk about quantum mechanics, or even movies or books. They find a conclusion too soon, instead of relishing the antecedent ideas and facts. It takes the human power of inference to examine these preceding, and surrounding, ideas and to connect them in a way that makes sense (this is that human thing that I am respecting in my first paragraph, btw). And, it often takes more than one brain to do this well.

Okay, the problem is a little clearer: I am much more interested in the process of finding a precise conclusion than weighing the conclusion itself against another person's. I get the impression that most people perceive it as some kind of battle.

Also, keep in mind, I was talking specifically about laypeople, whose attitude is normally this: "don't mess with my opinion. That is sacred territory." And I am speaking about laypeople because they are the majority and tend to decide these social norms.

This is why I don't talk to them about meaningful things. It is too much like a minefield, where I'm talking myself in circles trying to avoid upsetting the other person. Think about talking to a fundamentalist christian about evolution, but you have to do it in a way that wont upset them. A layperson's thought process is jacked up just like that fundamentalist's. And it shows in how they want to speak to one another.

Again, that is why I choose not to engage in discussion about meaningful things with these people. I keep my head by engaging them with charm, humor, wit, anecdotes.... which is fine exercise and I'm rather good at it. I'm not a non-functioning nerd; I know tact very well.

I don't like it like this, but I accept it. I want to be able to talk to anybody about important things.

It's a good thing that I've picked good close friends and partners who know how to communicate well, and we never play the "you're not allowed to say that card," or the "you're not allowed to omit that card" hahaha. Funny how we never manipulate, lie, or have terrible arguments with one-another and yet people who uphold bad communication and these silly social pleasantries, their lives are wrought with unnecessary drama.

Please, let me know if there was anything else you would like for me to clarify. I haven't done an all-nighter in a long time, so it's hard for me to tell if I'm being clear or if I read your comment clearly.
He told me that other people hear it as "I didn't listen to what you said, but am talking anyway."

Don't worry, even if you don't say "yeah, but", I still think that.
How do we know how many url minifiers are doing just this? Maybe bit.ly isn't such a crazy idea after all. ;)
I'm a big fan or your style and work, Andrew, and I like the attention-grabbing titles you choose, but this one is a bit over the top. Should really be "How a 26-Year-Old Built a $100 Million Net Worth In Under 10 Years". The current version reads too much like it's a 16-year-old who's worth $100 million (a bit bait-ish). It's like if you write an article about Bill Gates titled "How a 16-Year-Old Became a Billionaire in 15 Years" ;-)

Love the site and love what you're trying to do with your business model (whether it works or not). Keep the interviews coming.
Upvoted solely for having the same wish. Some may say I'm a dreamer.
I personally would prefer you admit if you're unsure, but some people would rather you act confident than disclaim.

For the third scenario, "it appears" can be useful, or if more justification is required, "it appears from the (server's behavior|available data|documentation I can find)." Then when you have to correct yourself later, it wasn't you who was misleading, but the situation. I find that this can be used in a completely honest way and often gives non-techy people a more accurate impression of the situation. It helps them understand both the tentative nature of your diagnosis and the obstacles you're struggling with. Win-win.
This seems silly. If the browser was better, I'd use it. And I'd be very happy that the future of the web looked so bright.

That said, I don't think it's likely that IE9 will even catch up to today's Chrome, let alone pass it.
The word "ever" works like "I think" in that sentence. That's why the "I think" version sounds weird.
"Forces businesses to donate part of their profit margin to charity and browsarity."

No one is being forced to do anything. If Amazon or Ebay doesn't like the service they can disable the account, change TOS etc.
Problem is for a lot of power users and developers, the people that will be the hardest to convert to using IE, the existing addons for firefox and now chrome would mean that they probably wouldn't bother.
It's hard to tell which of the photos are referring to which rooms. Is the 'closet' room pictured there?
Control your computer using sonar(built using computer speakers and mic)
NotebookCheck has much better review:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Lenovo-Thinkpad-T410-252...
I guess if they ported it over to Linux? Otherwise I physically cant :(
1) Would need to run on a Mac

2) Would need to out-perform Chrome, Safari, and Firefox in that order.

3) Would need to have 100% ECMAScript 5 support, 100% CSS3 support, and 100% html5 support.

Yeah, these are pretty high standards. I hold my browsers to a higher standard than my women.
Way too complex landing page.

It's like shopping in a grocery store. If you present them with 25 different types of strawberry jam, they become less likely to buy any at all. Because the mental cost of weighing options to make a decision outweighs the expected value.

Same goes for employee savings plans. Employees given too many options for saving plans become less likely to choose a plan at all.

View your user interface as a decision tree. At each level, don't make me decide between more than 5 elements at a time.

Using this logic, I would chunk your Recent Movie Reviews and Recent Music Reviews into one Recent Reviews element to reduce complexity, to move decisions to a lower tree.

But make sure they don't keep deciding between Music\Movies in a bunch of child nodes, they should only make that decision once: Do-No-Repeat yourself philosophy.
Hey I started something like this in high school: shopwisely.org. Glad to know I wasn't crazy (people said I was crazy for doing it).

Some things I learned: nonprofits don't like to raise money for no reason, and don't like to raise money to receive 2 months later.

The service will have to be super passive because people are lazy and will often forgo an extra step in before purchasing.
Probably right, the long Microsoft release cycles may work for OS's and Office but makes it very hard from them to stay at the cusp of browser technology with the fast moving constantly releasing competition.
Notes On Posterous Founder
http://mixergynotes.com/sachin-agarwal-posterous/
Are you seriously saying you'd expect this to increase a merchants sales?

Yes. The evidence this works is the number of merchants who already offer to donate to charity when you purchase something. And in those cases you don't even get to choose the charity.
Correlation, meet causation. The people who are confident enough to omit "I think" are the ones that have ideas that other people like. If you come up with bad ideas but never use "I think", you will not get ahead. Conversely, if you always come up with great ideas, nobody will care that you said "I think"; they care that you solved the problem.

People are not as dumb and idiosyncratic as bloggers think they are.
The notes will be up tomorrow!

http://mixergynotes.com/
I don't think you can really call that 'viral'.

It has a feature that has the potential, if people use it, to make it viral. But TBH I'm skeptical.
Thanks for the feedback -- this is helpful. The registration step is part of our security, tough to get around if you look at all the possible cases.
Tempting startup ideas for first-time entrepreneurs
Ask HN: Review our startup " auction site for regulated markets"
I think that anyone who speculates and makes unsubstantiated claims about the dating market as a whole needs to show that their speculation and claims are representative of the dating market as a whole, or really representative of anything at all.

My statement was broader than intended. Obviously OKCupid's data is not necessarily reflective of all dating sites or interracial dating patterns overall, but Ta-Nehisi Coates is only presenting a hypothesis and some speculative claims, not data, and his speculation shouldn't be treated as anything more until someone presents data that supports it.
Any of the following:

a) be superior to chrome and firefox

b) be the only browser I could run

c) Drugged, hypnotized, bribed, etc
On Linux, exciting as it would be, tracing the init process
is forbidden.

But of course, nothing is stopping you from commenting this check out.
They're being forced to do it, until they notice and decide to stamp it out (If they do notice).
Clojure is fast becoming one of my top favourite languages.

Lisp and the ability to use Java to "get things done" is not to be underestimated I think. Not to mention it's hugely useful as a java repl. Just being able to play with java classes from the repl helps me in my day to day java development.
Ask HN: Have ideas, not the skill (Yet)
So I've been watching HN for a while now (2..3 months) and I'm just amazed at the amount of wisdom (good and bad) that floats around here. Big names.

I think it's pretty obvious that by having an account here I'm interested in startups and creating my own startups. I even have a few ideas in the back of my head (things I've attempted to do and only imagined).

The problem is that I simply don't have the skill or knowledge. I try to work on my projects but ultimately I realize that I won't be able to finish them on my own (yet).

So here's my question to Hacker News: Should I just ram through and keep hacking away on the projects or should I take my ideas to people who can do them/like them and sit back and watch?

Side question: If the latter, where should I present my ideas and how?
I love Posterous and post something there every day. Huge congrats!
If one has a personal preference, that's OK to exercise passively, but holing yourself up in a segregated community is rather anachronistic.

You clearly do not belong to any minority, because if you did, you would understand how incredibly nice it is to be in an environment where you're not. A lot of people that belong to a minority clearly see value in services that target their niche, and it's very difficult to explain this to people that don't.

There is an ocean of difference between targeting a niche, and discriminating a group. A race-specific bar, i.e. one that targets a race or culture or nationality or sexuality is perfectly ok. Denying service to a group is not ok, that's discrimination, but that's not what we're talking about here. The niche dating sites we were discussing aren't discriminating, they're targeting a niche, and that has to be ok.

No, because dating is entirely about sexual orientation. Straight men date straight women. Gay men date gay men. And so on. When it comes to race, however, that argument doesn't hold up.

Yes it does, because dating is about physical attraction for most people, and unless you are extremely desperate, you have physical preferences. Some people likes blondes. Some people like brunettes. Some people like black hair. Is that bad? Some people like whites, some people like blacks, some people like asians. Is that bad? Is that racism? Should we condemn it? How?!?

And since some people have those preferences, why not have niche dating sites that caters to them?
WebKit and Mac support.

EDIT: Wait, what? Why was my personal opinion voted down?
I have been longing for the ideas of Christopher Alexander to be put to good (world wide) use. Or at least wishing for them to be noticed outside the little circle of minds that "get it".
Technology and Courage
P.S. Microsoft, Chrome is your target now. Not Firefox.

And get rid of the flashiness, make it plain... PLEASE
Using broad statistics to say that black women have fewer options may not be the right approach. Black women who use the Internet and OKCupid are probably far less likely to have incarcerated, unemployed men in their social circles. If you look at dating sites in general, there aren't many users who live in dangerous or poor areas.
post script Most of my ideas usually involve having see X service and writing down a bullet list of ways to improve it/make it easier. IE UX/UI stuff.
What the hell does not finding black women attractive have to do with racism? This has nothing to do with what's "considered" beautiful, as if beauty is something to be considered logically. A lot of white people just don't find black people attractive. What, do you want white men to date black women they find unattractive out of fairness? That's just condescending, it doesn't do anybody's self esteem any good.

The OK Cupid article displays righteous indignation for no good reason, and I'm disappointed that the articles critiquing it still seem to accept this basic premise.
Stock Options an afterthought in Canada?
That's a completely different case though. If they do it in house they get tax breaks, they get good PR, they get increase in repeat purchases etc.

What do the merchants get from browsarity? They get their profit margin taken away, with the vague statement that those sales may not have existed if it had not been a red underlined link? :/

If I were a merchant I know which I'd choose.

I just don't think this sort of thing can work well.... reminds me of tipjoy
Why do they need such money?
The term "Product Designer" is one that suits the web well.

In my opinion a product designer should be able to create visually appealing designs that are usable. They should have an understanding of user experience and HCI issues - but not necessarily be an expert or have a PhD in the fields. They should be able to prototype their designs in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and do some minor back end coding to get things working (they don't necessarily have to do this all the time, but they should have the ability to do so).

FWIW, this is what Facebook's product design team does (from my understanding of it, anyway)
Agreed. Neglecting issues of open vs. closed source (for whom that matters), the question boils down to "would you refuse to use an arbitrary program because it's named IE". Of course not.
How does getting more "normal" people on ChatRoulette make it worse?

This is just what it needs.
You've got a little too much advertising on there, and it looks a bit unprofessional to me.

1) Instead of squeezing your content between two vertical ad banners, move all your advertising to the right side, and put your content on the left. Putting all of your content between two giant banners gives me the impression that you don't care about your content, and you're more interested in pushing your ads.

2) I would probably ditch the Comic Sans for a cleaner looking font, but that's just me.

3) I would move your content higher 'above the fold', and clearly delineate when it starts. For example, the current top image is 'Message from Jellied Awful'. It looks a bit weird cause of all the extra whitespace in the image itself, and I can't tell if it is supposed to the part of the page, or if it is user submitted content. Putting a border around it might help.
TED: LXD (Legion of Extraordinary Dancers)
I would do it for a Klondike bar.
Well that's simple. Right tool for the job. Erlang was built specifically for telecommunication systems. It's like comparing soap and rest and saying "soap is bloated".
Eternal youth potion? (I'd write "starting at 16".)
Is Your New Application a Network Killer?
This guy says there are multiple cuts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV23EVZ-nc4
Black Swans and the Destruction of Western Civilization
It's more ethically acceptable to discriminate racially when it's about really serious stuff?

There's a vast gulf between saying "I prefer white/black people and tend to only look for that type I prefer" and saying "I will ONLY date white/black people so gimme a whites/blacks only dating site."

I tend to work better (in an employment sense) with men, but I'd never dream of using a "men only" employment/freelance site or similar as there are some women who've turned out to be awesome to work with. I wouldn't let my personal preferences draw me into the tunnel vision of blind discrimination.
The book Predictably Irrational actually refers to a case study that shows sales go up after adding an offer where a small % of rev will goto charity.
Preparing your web content for the iPad
My gut level reaction says "sure, I'd use it," but the more I think about it, the more that I remember the whole reason we're in this position is that when Microsoft got ahead, they let the tech lag. If both IE9 and IE10 were both better, then I'd probably give it a shot.

I'd be shocked if this were to actually happen.
I don't think everyone finds it "incredibly nice". There is strong social pressure from a lot of minority groups for people who "belong" to the group to conform to certain social expectations with regard to the group. If they don't, they're often seen as essentially race traitors, and there's lots of abuse directed at them. This is even true for non-physically-noticeable subgroups, e.g. Russian-Americans who choose not to associate with the Russian-American community or its institutions, but it's worse for people who are visibly part of a subgroup that they choose not to be an active part of.
No. I run Linux, you insensitive clod! ;)

I am still pumped for better standards support, though. Makes everybody's life better. Now if we can only get them to abandon the rendering mode insanity: http://ieblog.members.winisp.net/images/MarcSil_IE8_Document...
Tax breaks and pr alone would not be enough to make merchants do it. It would also have to actually help convince people to buy. Which it clearly does, considering how well established this technique is. There are some industries, like chocolate, where such offers are not just a promotional technique but are built into the companies' business models.

http://www.chocolatebar.com/
There was a lot of debate on this surrounding the original OKCupid blog post.

In summary, it is subconciously racism. I may not find people of a certain race attractive. However, let's say that I become good friends with some people of that race. Then, I will see that they are like me, and I will start to find some people of that race attractive too. (Of course there are exceptions, but this is how it generally works.)

Things like this happen outside of race as well -- people who have gay friends are drastically more likely to support gay marriage. Why? Because they realize that gays are like them and that the stereotypes just aren't true.
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I'm sure Apple would be thrilled if all of the typical Americans bought MacBook Pros.
4) all people have emotions, not so many have picked up the abstractions needed to do good math,

and some even have bad emotional controls so that they can't see a rational process through for more then 10 minutes.

this is relevant because social skills are largely dependent on emotions (love, trust, fun, ...)
Drugs Yes, Drugs No?
I talked with the University of Colorado Comp Sci dept head a few years ago. He happened to mention losing Benjamin Zorn to Microsoft Research, and that it was a shame as MSR is a research "roach hotel": researchers go in, and nothing comes out.
I hear you. We've got some cool concepts on a dashboard coming... we literally just grew the team by 50% people (2 great engineers) in the last couple of weeks, so we hope to be putting out a lot more good stuff for you.
Could anything lead me to not install Chrome on my parent’s computers but instead leave IE the default?

IE8 does that already. It’s good enough. Not worth going through the trouble of getting an alternative for my parents.
> I may not find people of a certain race attractive. However, let's say that I become good friends with some people of that race. Then, I will see that they are like me, and I will start to find some people of that race attractive too.

Yeah, happened to me. Doesn't affect my opinion. Racism, subconscious or not, as a concept that's relevant to me anyway, implies judging people's character for reasons other than their merits. Judging attractiveness doesn't really have to do with judging character. Attractiveness is an automatic response, and a lot of it has to do with looks, which is one of the few places I would say race is quite relevant. (for an amusing example, I know an Asian girl who isn't into Asian guys)

Attraction can be influenced by getting to know people, and I wouldn't discourage it, it makes for a less divided society and perhaps less disgruntled black women and all that. That's fine. But I shouldn't feel like I'm doing anything wrong, whatsoever, for choosing to stick with what my preferences are right now. It makes me mad that OK Cupid tries to make me feel guilty about it. And it scares me to think that this righteous tide is going to start making people decide to date people they don't really want to date. That sort of thing is personal and sacred, and should stay clear of any politics.

EDIT: I should add this nuance. I can see the argument of wanting to encourage people to get to know each other. But supposing you do that, and you still don't find those women attractive? Then you're not "guilty" of not trying, and I think that this article makes the presumption of that guilt.
This sounds like a great feature! I wonder how hard it would be to put together?
I thought that abbreviation was particular to the MRA scene.