skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
No clue what the depreciated version might be, as far as I know what I linked to hasn't changed since sometime around 2005 (which would explain any broken links.)

Cover art wasn't specifically defined in mkv I think, but it became standard to do an attachment named cover.jpg for it.

The spec on ReplayGain seems pretty clear to me: it's the 16-bit binary format defined at http://replaygain.hydrogenaudio.org/rg_data_format.html which is two links away from the mkv spec.
I wish securities laws were such that you could community fund your startup without running afoul of them. If you could, say, take a few hundred bucks for a tiny % of the company I might be interested in that, especially since you idea seems like it ain't half bad.

But having to donate $8k or more, and then being saddled with a Jeep, is going to make it hard. I bet you could get $8k and keep your car if the laws were different.
This seems like a particularly unappealing deal. In exchange for 5-10% of your company, you get no office space and barely enough money to survive a hot Atlanta summer ($6K per participant). According to the FAQ, you're supposed to make the money stretch for six months.

That better be some triple-distilled, A++++ quality mentoring.

If I had to try my own hand at mentoring, I would say: don't be a sucker.

(you can mail me a 2% 'thank you' stake in your startup at your convenience)

[edit: fixed wrong percentage in original comment]
"It has the potential for sexual excitement which is all that really matters"

No it doesn't. Taking pictures with the potential for sexual excitement and taking pictures for the purposes of sexual excitement are two completely different things.

However, may I remind you that my original point (although maybe bad formulated) was that these pictures were fine as long as they were, of course, immediately disposed. Stealing this pictures for one's personal interest is of course a crime, but you cannot assume everyone will do so.
It has the potential for sexual excitement which is all that really matters.

Nope, its an important factor sure. But not the only factor - or even the most important.

Why don't you try putting an ad in your local paper for random children to pose nude for you

Maybe it wouldn't work in that way exactly; but you can take pictures of children if they have serious artistic value (I cant remember the exact wording).

I wouldn't advise trying it though.

CP laws are, as with all computer crime, all about intent :)
Mobile Development Jobs in Demand
Why? This URL shortener has a clear relation to the full URL. And its not like NPR will be going anywhere, anytime soon.
Is this the way most users of these devices feel? I don't get that impression at all. I'd go so far as to say that I bet MP3 players would be significantly less popular today if they all required file management via Explorer/Finder.
What's the app of yours that can't be built on the iPhone? It would just be nice to know for an example of what you're talking about.
I doubt that is documented in e-mails, but I wouldn't be surprised if during lunch with OEM license seller and OEM license buyer, something like this was somehow mentioned.

MS is known for playing dirty.
Essentially they can no longer really grow by just innovation and competing better in other people's space, so they've gone 180 and are now trying to block everyone else from innovating and competing better than them.
The OEM license is paid in full by the adware/crapware that comes installed over it.

One more reason to uninstall Windows (besides Windows)
Where do you get 10-20%?

From http://www.shotputventures.com/faq

"How much funding do you provide?
We provide $6,000 per founder, min two, max three founders. So, $12,000 - $18,000 per team in exchange for 5% - 10% of equity on entrepreneur friendly terms."

From a pure capital to equity ration standpoint, that seems to be on par with other similar programs.
This is commonly said by people new to Interface Builder. I don't recall hearing of a long-time Apple / NeXT dev or major app that didn't use it, though.
It works well for MetaFilter, which has http://metatalk.metafilter.com/ for meta-metafilter posts.
Just to be clear the article only mentions that one was possibly a Muslim (no comment on the other) and there is not data on if they were travelling together.
What they have earned is the right to brag.

Apple has a Unix that's very polished and usable, but is not that much Unix-ish if what you need is a traditional X desktop.

And OSX lacks package management.
Google uses only low-cost, off-the-street pigeons for its clusters
I personally would find it hard to get motivated to build a product for money alone.

At the very least, I need to be passionate about the problem that my software is solving, and ideally I want to like, respect, and identify with my customers.

I'm as greedy as the next guy, but my desire to make a lot of money alone can't sustain the kind of effort needed to launch and nurture a startup.
Gordon Brown? :)
My first reaction is, oh no, Google has patented the linked list, forsooth.

Instead, it's a company called LSI Logic Corporation.
Or big screens.

Unix machines have traditionally been used with big monitors. It's not surprising at all Gnome uses lots of pixels.

And there is nothing forcing you to use Ubuntu's default layout. You have literally hundreds of options to choose from. I tend to change look and feel more or less on a monthly basis.
I'm not familiar with all the Android devices out there (I'm assuming that you're referring to Android device manufacturers here), but don't most of them have keyboards and trackballs vs. iPhone's slate design? Seems like two differnet form factors to me.

The iPad's form factor is a tablet, so I'd say it's a safe bet to say that tablet manufacturers will keep on manufacturing tab... I mean copying iPads form factor ;)
the older gtk-theme was better, more well rounded. Too much different colors here. Dirty - not clean. But, hey, I hope it's not final. Also too much spacings everywhere. The fonts are still okay, even though fedora has a more unique appearance. And why change the current font face? It's good!
Every time the patent debate comes up, someone links to this patent as the summit of absurdity. Why not link to this one: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6368227.pdf

It's just as absurd as lots of software patents -- that doesn't mean all software patents are absurd. Some are genuinely novel, unobvious, and valuable.

I still don't understand why someone could patent a physical machine that computes instructions, but not software that does the same thing.

It seems like we are throwing the baby out with the bath water. I know patents cause trouble, but what about the case where a patent helps an entrepreneur get the value out of an invention when big corporations steal it, market it, and make money without giving the inventor a dime?

There's good and there's bad, but it seems like around here there's only mud slung at software patents. Some inventors of software algorithms are every bit as clever as inventors of anything else that may get patented. Why shouldn't they be treated the same under the law?

Equal rights under the law. That's the way it should be.
How do people afford to go to SXSW?

~$500 ticket + ~$500 airfare + ~$1k hotels = ~$2k of expenses that could let you do a lot of other things?

Even sharing hotels and/or crashing on a friends couch wouldn't work too well...
Duplicate: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1165089
Perhaps I shouldn't have said "only". But Eminem presents himself as a gangsta, and while he does cover a lot of his own issues, he doesn't strike me as particularly introspective. I'm not necessarily preferring one guy over the other here--I'd much rather listen to OutKast or Mos Def than either Eminem or Kanye--but I think Kanye's merger of the traditional content of a lot of singer-songwriters with hip-hop is what makes him stand out.
Thanks NN. I don't think this is quite the same thing as what I was thinking of, but useful anyhow.
I'm sure that is true for real CC hackers, but it is difficult to tell which, if any, of the people posting these ads is the real deal. The lack of trust and transparency is an opportunity for scammers hoping to make a quick buck before they change usernames/emails and try again.

It would actually be interesting to see how "legitimate" CC sellers try to distinguish themselves from the fakes. They mention in the article that some of them are using images to identify themselves, effectively creating CC hacker brands.

Edit: ambiate makes a good point about reputation systems on the forums they use. Seems practical and discourages username swapping.
Methods and apparatus for exception-based programming
I always get "randomly" chosen (for a variety of specific reasons) when going through foreign (not UK, they are fine ;)) checkpoints. Usually I either have to do body scanner or interview/pat down/strip search.

So I've seen all sorts of security setups and privacy intrusions.

In an opinion on this I am biased because going through a scanner doesn't worry me. There is no feeling of sexual or privacy intrusion for me. It's just step in, scan, step out and move on.

But I can understand how it does concern people.

I think if they must use these things there should be alternatives offered - refusal of all of which would, I feel, make it fair to refuse entry to the plane.
Lately there's a significant increase in YC publicity - Harj, meetups, interviews. Are you guys feeling increased competition from the other YC clones?
We'll have some details on office space soon - that little bit is changing for the better.
The party line is this: Because that was too hard for consumers. For the technically inclined, keeping track of mp3's has been relatively simple. For everyone else it is hard. Songs get skewed across the file system, and some people simply do not understand the process of attaching a USB device and dragging songs onto it.

iTunes and Zune make it much easier for the average consumer to manage a library of music.
In 2007, I bought a Dell XPS 410 that came straight from Dell with Ubuntu installed. It works great.

http://pingswept.org/2007/06/03/finally-booting-pre-installe...
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They are opposed to its encyclopedic nature?
My indignant mind doubled the figure - I fixed it in the comment. Thank you.
The difference is that you assume that the learning + industry experience + chance at a job later will make up for the not-being-paid. In this case, there is no potential for getting a foot in the door, no industry experience, and the 'learning' is questionable, particularly when you could use the same skills to make $25-50 an hour freelancing.
XML databases are exactly the sort of glossy new technology that stuck-in-the-mud managers did pick up on.. mostly because they respond to glossy vendor pamphlets, sales calls, and trade show pitches than the grassroots findings of their underlings.
You mean the companies I do business with DON'T ACTUALLY LOVE ME??? I though it was REAL! ;)
I think that as long as shares are to identified people the securities laws are pretty lenient.

It's as soon as shares are traded publicly and 'to bearer' that you get in to the trouble zone.

more reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accredited_investor

http://www.entrepreneur.com/money/financing/loansfromfriends...

http://www.angelblog.net/Startup_Funding_the_Friends_and_Fam...

It's definitely possible I think, if the funding is structured as a loan then there is no problem at all, if it is in return for equity you have to be a bit more careful but I don't think that it is a requirement that every investor is an 'accredited investor', especially not if the individual amounts are small enough.

I'd certainly make sure that was 'non voting' stock, otherwise you have a real issue with share holder meetings right away, which (for instance) with 10 people supplying $1000 each would not be in relation to the investment.
Yeah, Google can track your intentions not only by search queries or your email(if you use Gmail that is), but also the sites you visit - if they run Adsense/Doubleclick ads.
Tech companies pushing to the top in an economy filled with unscrupulous companies, only to end up becoming what they were fighting. It seems so cyclical from this simplified view.
Getting Silly About NoSQL
This one is even cooler, patenting patent trolling:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Se...
Hive has ODBC and JDBC drivers. What SQL functionality are you missing?
Kickstarter.com is worth a look for funding a portion of what you're doing, for example the logo design or hosting fees.
Or to give an example, lets say Sears has been given a week of exclusivity for new Lego products and in exchange Sears will feature that product in a prominent display in stores (or online, whatever). In response, Walmart, the biggest distributor of Lego products in this scenario, threatens to stop selling Lego products if Lego doesn't break off the deal with Sears.

Or something along those lines...
This is fantastic news. I hope they have plans to expand this to Linux as well!

It would be great to see some of the better Linux games distributed on a content platform like steam (similar to how they help distribute the big HL2 mods).
It's still a social relationship. Money is a means of measuring and exchanging obligations. But when it wholly supplants the social relationship, you're in trouble. Money is merely a tool that facilitates a business relationship; it does not wholly define it.

I realize this sounds vague. But think about every time someone on the other side of a transaction went "above and beyond the call of duty". It may be in a big way, or it may be in a small way. But for us humans, as social creatures, it makes the difference.

This is not a call to let yourself be taken advantage of. But it is a call to view your customer or client as more than a walking billfold.

I have some long term business connections that maintain themselves in good part because there is also a personal connection. We're not social friends, but we respect and look out for each other, to our mutual benefit.

Maybe my viewpoint is antiquated. On the other hand, maybe some of the recent, "anonymous excesses" in various marketplaces is an indication that it isn't.

Not that I'm defending the crony criminalism that's also been a part of those excesses. But I'm uncertain as to whether those people really cared about each other, or whether they simply found each other willing and useful tools.
Is one of the other two problems regular expressions?
Cold calling endlessly, blogging tirelessly, etc - everyone wants the news that it will easier than that! ;)

I know there was a post recently about achievements that I didn't read, but I find achievements (in the Xbox 360 sense) can be a reasonable motivator. Wondering about a service that is almost an achievement list, a to do list with pre-filled actions, to help entrepreneurs work through some of the bland getting-traction things. Third blog entry, 20th blog, Triple Figure Blogging, Got a TC mention, Had a blog entry with 20 comments, Got to 2k page views/day, Had a tweet RTed 20 times, etc.

Obviously doesn't guarantee success, but anything that can encourage someone to stay motivated and pushing themselves would be helpful.
Dude. Wrong person(s)/company.
Any insight about gems, git workflows or any other interesting bit to implement it on Rails Apps?
I rather dislike pretty much all of it, but I'll wait and see if it grows on me.

In particular the GTK Themes seem really ugly. I don't like Dark themes at all, and the light one looks too much like Plastik from KDE.

Personally I'm a big fan of the old "Human Clearlooks" theme, which I'll probably be sticking to for some time - but I'll definitely give the new one a go and see if it grows on me.
The article seems to focus on the claim of caring, versus actually caring.

The success-implications of caring is a lot more complicated. Obviously something inconsiderate can be very financially successful, but then the customers invent the guillotine, cutting short a winning streak. The lassez faire capitalists like to say that's letting the market decide. But I like to think that it is the brilliant but illiterate & poverty stricken ethicists who do the deciding at that point, although with heavy potential for a reign of terror. And it can get pretty messy.
FTA: Indeed. Intents are powerful. The problem is that they give you power that you don't need the vast majority of the time in the vast majority of applications.

This is silly, and tells me the author didn't think past the SDK. The Intent framework is what allows me to take a photo with the regular camera app (the one that pops up when I press the shutter button) and select "Facebook" from the "Share" menu. The Facebook app hooks up automatically. The iPhone app has to have its own "take photo" gadget, otherwise you end up having to browse through your photos trying to find the one you just took. This kind of integration is everywhere in Android.

That said, some of the other complaints are spot on. It's absolutely true that the amount of "dumb XML boilerplate" in Android is too high, and there are a bunch of tasks and states that can only be accessed through static configuration, and not managed dynamically by the app. Likewise the application lifecycle (which is inherently more complicated on Android because of the ability to run in the background) is more complicated than it needs to be, and frankly poorly documented. On the whole it's an OK framework; it's not great.
Agfa (who do the Ubuntu / Fedora fonts) developers are paid just like anyone else.
Oops. I saw it on Twitter (likely by someone who saw it here or on Reddit...) and posted it not knowing it was already posted. Sorry.
I read your comment this morning and it has stayed with me all day.

There is definitely something more to people who create, as well as consume. Whether they be a knitter, gardener, musician or developer.
Good catch. I was so distracted by the window management moving to the left, I didn't see that.

That's an important part of previewing windows. Even if that specific panel is now gone, something has do something similar (give you a visualization of what's open, how many desktops you have.)

I'm now even more eager to try this out.
Do you think you should be able to patent a sentence? Even if its a good one? If not, why?
Hmm, by our ex-phone company (Bell Canada) I think they went past 'love' and into 'stalkerism'. They've even stopped sending marked mail (with their name on the envelope) and have started sending blank envelopes full of their crap because we at least partially open it before it hits the trash can now.

It's literally one step away (legally speaking) from harassment, they send like 2 unsolicited letters less per month than the police need to lay charges. It's that creepy.
True, it doesn't mean all software patents are absurd, but it does mean something is wrong with the system.
These two patents don't mean that all software patents are absurb, but it means that the current notion of software patents itself is absurd.
Amusing for a minute. Before I hit the link, I was imagining something that combined two random sites and let people vote on which combos could have merit.

e.g., eBay done more like Sortfolio, or car sales done like Woot, etc.
Gnome's biggest downside is the same core problem of the Windows interface: having a menu bolted on to each window is incredibly inelegant, redundant and wasteful of screen space.
What's the point of writing algorithm as lambda calculus? Can you do some automatic optimization on algorithm when it is described as this "birds" or check it for consistency in a way that is not obvious when we describe as series of commands to be executed?
Afaik Exadata wasn't even originally meant for OLTP. Seems like another case of a high-latency analytics/warehousing system being marketed as a "distributed database". They're now claiming that they can get OLTP grade performance with SSDs on Exadata, but I don't buy it. The promotion of Exadata is ironic, given I remember one of their engineers claiming (on his personal weblog) about impossibility of OLTP on top of shared nothing not too long ago.

As for the high-latency analytics databases (Vertica, Greenplum et al), I don't see much market for them either. Their big advantage over Hadoop was claimed to be the ability of non-programmer analysts to use them (via SQL), but Hive (which now even has JDBC drivers for it, allowing it to work with existing OLAP tools) solves that problem as well.
Unstoppable, really? Ban credit cards, it's stopped. Seriously, better choice of word required. Perhaps undefeatable would be more apt.
Perhaps you can provide a counter example that shows the usefulness of software patents.

I personally think they are absurd, as demonstrated by the OP, but am open to changing my thinking if proven wrong.

The internet has leveled the playing field for everyone. But one of the few ways that big corporations can take advantage of their size against smaller, more innovative entities is by throwing money into a legal battle which the smaller entity can't afford to fight.

Equal rights under the law. But currently, the more money you have, the equaler you get.
Is this solely due to content delivery speeds? Or, was the prior slowness due in part to producing dynamic content? Congrats on the change, getting your page to appear more quickly on the users screen is hugely beneficial.
I think it goes beyond pure numbers when dealing with a small business. There are personal relationships at stake. Overestimating the price risks alienating regular customers and that could kill a small business.
A skiplist is just a specific case of this, though - as is a doubly-linked list...
That does raise one question, though: Where will minimized windows go? Those screenshots don't show that. They've removed the bottom bar, but there isn't any place (that's visible at least) to select minimized windows, unless they are planning on just using the Compiz window selector entirely for that purpose (i.e. minimized windows just 'disappear' except from the window selector).
Absurdity is ubiquitous. Computer science is no exception. I know we think we are above it, but we aren't. We're just like everyone else. People don't have to be mechanical engineers to pattent something physical. They don't have to be computer scientists to patent an algorithm either.

Maybe that person who patented the method of swinging really thought the idea was great and could save the world. I don't know. But really, patenting inventions is almost a right.

We argue for copyright protection, or the abolishment of it in the same mind. If there are no patents for software and no copyrights period, what is there to protect the risk innovators take to make the world better?

It's true of corporations as well, because they spend a lot of money on Research and Developmennt. R&D budgets are in the billions. If a company, like Apple in the current debate, can't protect that investment, a lot of people who participate at Hacker News wouldn't have jobs. They'd have to go do something in some mundane role that has negligible impact compared to something, like the iPhone.

We all cheered when it arrived and now that Steve Jobs wants to get his money for it, his investors money for it, and his employees satisfaction for a job well done, he has to fight for that value.

If, in fact, HTC did steal some ideas from the iPhone, why shouldn't Apple get compensated for the lost value? Those are phones Apple could have sold and why shouldn't Apple have every bit as much right to make a positive return on their investment in the R&D for the iPhone and the parts of the iPhone that make it special to Apple, to Jobs, and for consumers?