skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My girlfriend is a journalist in fashion with focus on web. When someone emails her a vanilla press release, they are more likely to get her eyes to roll and go in the trash bin than anything else. But when a company does something personal, like give her goodie bags, take her to lunch or invite her to an event, she gets super excited. The funny part is she never really sees through the fact that they're buttering her up for good press, she just thinks of it as 'being nice'.

Another example -
I recently had lunch with the daughter of arguably the most famous film critic around. Her family took a trip to visit & take a day-long tour of Peter Jackson's studio in New Zealand. She was ranting and raving about 'how nice' Peter Jackson was taking them on the tour, and how impressed they were with the studio etc. At the end I suggested, "don't you think he was just buttering you up for a good review of Lovely Bones?". Her reaction was as if it never really crossed their minds. I just find it funny that what was obviously a ploy to make a relationship for good press was so naively interpreted by the critic and his family as being 'so generous'.

Buttering up journalists is so much easier than you think it should be. Make them feel special, but don't kiss their butt... Simple
I wonder if they were single founders from the very start or if the team broke during the program?
Social financial engineering
I like it for big apps precisely because of all the stuff that doesn't end up in the app.

I have found that I can write 10-20 lines of code and replace just about any plugin, and that makes the app far less complex, particularly when you think of how messy and undisciplined many rails plugins are.

I realized that rails offers the biggest benefit if your site uses TONS of forms. It's really not that big a deal to write a few forms by hand, and it makes using client side validation easier and cleaner.

I also love datamapper.
Unfortunately Microsoft still benefits from software patents. In fact, Microsoft benefits from losing a few hundred million dollars each year in software patent cases.

Microsoft is a big monopoly that has a lot to fear from startups. Startups are the companies that have to negotiate the software patent minefield. Keeping the minefield dangerous benefits the powerful established player.

The ideal thing for Microsoft would be to increase the craziness and lose a billion dollars a year to obviously non-innovative software patents. That would really discourage innovation and inventions and keep the position of the largest monopoly in the business secure.

Our software patent system really only hurts and restrains small businesses and actual inventors. Big business that wants to block innovation is the beneficiary.
"So far as I can tell they haven't."

The threat of imprisonment is not a deterrent for millions of people to have unlocked phones??

Don't confuse the home ownership issue. The actions you are talking about (law officers arresting you) come after a civil process is lost. Such civil processes must be instigated at the cost of the plaintiff, not the government.

Apple, and anyone else locking devices are relying on the threat of criminal penalties. It is enough that the act of unlocking the phones is illegal and closes off competition. If it were not for laws that provide for these penalties, there would be a huge secondary market of unlocked devices, instead of the grey/black market that exists.
IMHO, Etacts is clearly the best.
People think there are opportunities in field where there are none. Said people found out that it isn't the case.

The university system may have lied to them. Their parents may be mistaken, etc. The system may indeed need fundamental reform or it may not. Even if the system needs to be reformed, it may just be impossible for you to agitate change.

Whatever reason for the failure, it's not the end of the world. People need to keep hanging in there, and forge a new path for themselves. If others are coming to help you, that's good. If not, just solider on.

Be attached to nothing. Pick yourself up and move forward. Don't expect other people to help you. If they do, be sure to pay them back in the future.

That's the advice I am taking for myself if things ever go really bad. I decided not to go to college, and will probably be kicked out by my parents for not doing what they asked of me. I don't know how to make a living, much less find a place to live. I probably need health insurance to survive.

It look grim as a situation. I am sure I will figure out something and make it.
According to http://www.whoishostingthis.com the site is hosted by ServerBeach, not RackSpace.
don't forget python on app engine. the google webapp framework is very much like a verbose version of sinatra.
You could easily argue these points the other direction. To me the office environment is really distracting. I focus better at home. If I had my own sound proof office at work with a big, lockable, door I'd probably get an equal level of focus but that's becoming a rarity in the cubicle environment for most people. Ideally a mix of both works best. I like having the option.
Lay off the personal attacks, please.
The reconciliation bill is finalized (barring the unlikely possibility that Republicans manage to rule any of its provisions ineligible for reconciliation within the next few days). You can read the reconciliation bill here: http://docs.house.gov/rules/hr4872/111_hr4872_amndsub.pdf
You have to understand that there is a difference between real Facebook users and older users who just made accounts so they could feel that they were participating in social networking. Real Facebook users have tons of personal information on their accounts. They are more reluctant to use Connect to login to other websites for the same reason that people don't use their real names when making user names. Older Facebook users don't have the type of network to actual get much use out of Facebook. They actually think Facebook is a place to meet people, a notion a real user would consider completely ridiculous. Older users don't view Facebook as an online portrait of their offline lives and are more likely to use Connect.
Some Ipads will be 3G enabled http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/
I would agree. Only I would add well-connected to the list of characteristics of the elite class.

My Significant Other just got done creating a plan for the lay-offs of about 5000 highly educated Health Care workers. Outplacement services, severance packages ONLY where legally obligated, others will need approval case by case, flights back to home countries, movers, obtaining extra security etc etc etc. She had to keep a lid on it until recently. AND . . . this is the creamy frosting on the cake . . . they had her include herself.

I think the underclass of the future will probably be just as well educated as the elite. But they probably won't know the right people. It will be very much a sort of 'work from layoff to layoff' kind of existence.
Dropbox website is now dropbox.com
I just use the external 24 (or 25) inch display, and turn off the laptop display. I paid a bit more for 1920x1200 pixels, not the 'HD-TV' x1080 screens they're selling more of nowadays.

I also found simple plastic laptop stands with USB hubs. Plug regular keyboard and mouse into stand, shove stand+laptop to the side. As good as a desktop machine, plus it suspends with the lid shut.

As for the 'second screen', I just use multiple desktops/spaces. Less aggravating than switching screens, unless you really, really, need both visible simultaneously. Linux works fine, Mac seems a bit weak on moving windows around. Dock or 2nd Gnome toolbar on the side.

P.S. My local IKEA had on exhibit a good DIY monitor stand. Made by screwing 11cm Capita legs onto an Effektiv file frame front 80cm wide. I built a couple of those - they're great to place the display and laptop, with space to shove the keyboard and whatever underneath. (Sorry, no URLs, seems IKEA now thinks you have to login to browse the catalog - news to me.)
Facebook May Have the Traffic, But Google Visitors Worth More
I hear that a lot, and it seems like a very conveniently simplistic look at the Apple/IBM/Microsoft situation in the 80's and 90's.
Sighs

I still have to support CF.

Beats head against desk
Hopefully Notifo is building something that will replace SMS for this use case.
Wow thanks! This is a very cool tool. I've always been curious to know who hosts some of the sites I visit. I see myself using this pretty often.
Huh? Who is 'we?' What city are you talking about? How does 'working from home' mean that you literally have to be at home working instead of just remotely working from a cafe or something where you can also interact with people?

The fact that you just created your account for this comment smells fishy to me too. It's a little suspicious that on an article where people are commenting that the author has a conflict of interest (i.e. claiming that working from home is bad, while selling office space), someone creates an account just to comment in favor of the product that the company is selling. You're not agreeing with the article (that working from home is bad) so much as you are praising/pimping the product.

This is one of the reasons that I feel 'crowd-sourcing' isn't as important as 'social-networking' because I would trust someone I know more than some random person that shows up just to make a single comment. You could be a real person that just wants to share you experiences, but you could also just be a marketing/social-media person for Sunshine Suites that's trying to 'drum up' some interest in the business.
traders have to be in before the market opens. that's not really stupid or counterproductive.
Show HN: my echo nest + lastfm + spotify hottt artists site
Really? That is a bit far-fetched to say the least. And don't you think one should actually check out what the inflation adjustment is going to be before crying foul? If it is the version that I suggested is most likely, I don't think it will have much of an effect at all.
Did anyone else try the pzizz example tracks after reading this? I was suprised at how quickly I started sinking into wooziness! $40 is kind of a lot for napping software, but I may have to check out some of the free binaural beat apps.
"I'm reasonably happy, but the money's not the point. It's an indication that I've succeeded in the grand adventure of understanding reality."
-George Soros

The way I look at it, making money is a great competition because it has the largest and most talented pool of competitors you will ever find. You get to measure yourself against the world, give or take a few people.
May I suggest Monk, which is built on top of Sinatra, and provides a nice basis to organize your code.
Why Does Italian Academia Suck?
A few people have already commented that Sinatra is great for quick small projects. One person has mentioned that they prefer it for larger projects. My knee-jerk reaction to Sinatra for the last year has been that it would be fun for building small apps as well, which got me thinking:

Why wouldn't it be good for large projects?

After reading the current docs, I really don't have a good answer to this question. Anyone have any opinions or thoughts? I know Rails gives you a ton out of the box (for example, 304 etag caching) but how hard could it be to implement that stuff as necessary? More and more I find myself focusing on HTTP as the actionable interface to my model and less as simply an HTML delivery protocol.
Just short of a self-serving advertisement. As someone who has worked at home for a substantial portion of my <redacted> years long career, and have managed teams that work exclusively at home, what works is 1) have an office with a door that closes and make sure even the most slow-to-learn family member knows to treat the closed door as you being out at the office 2) I have found more distractions in corporate workspaces than at home. See #1 for reducing distractions 3) Find or build a community that is refreshing--it is likely to be better for you in any case.

There are certainly some office situations that are impossible to duplicate from home, even with lots of electronic communication, however. They are quite rare in my <redacted> experience.
The fact that you have a "sound proof office at work" seems to agree with the article.

It's not that you're travelling to a corporate office environment that helps you work, but the fact that you're in a separate environment to your usual home that's distraction-free (be it a library, or as in your case, an separate office room).

Had you not had the sound-proof office, you'd easily get distracted by the TV, the book you were reading yesterday evening, the kitchen, etc.
If anyone seriously wants to get hooked up via games, I would suggest you try creating games girls would actually want to play with you because they find them fun. Or figure out what prevents girls from playing "guy games" and overcome it. It can be done. My two adult sons are currently implementing their evil plot to drag me down the slippery slope into playing more games, including stuff I would have never chosen for myself like Tiberian Sun and Outpost 2.
I expected the "Run a test now" to do just that, but apparently it requires you to input your credit card info...
The problem with this con is they take it too seriously - then go for the "easy" route when they leave.

Go with the flow is definitely the better option - I did the degree but then side stepped entirely and worked from the ground up (aka low wage). Admittedly not in a cleaning type job; but certainly not the graduate job I was "supposed" to be aiming for...

Most of my uni friends are stuck for jobs; not because there aren't any but because they are above jobs that are lower status. No compromise, no career.

(also they have no real interest in their career paths [again, choosing the easy career route], all of my peers that have as good a job as mine is becoming are there because they followed their interests and addictions :))

I guess that was her problem; with the career stalled she didn't have the guts to change tack, compromise or whatever to find somewhere she wanted to be that would fit her. I read this as much her rationalisation of having to work as a waitress again as much as a revelation that there is nothing wrong with working as waitress/cleaner etc.
Run an Ultramarathon
Http://apps.facebook.com/mobwars/hospital/
Brazil fines Google for not censoring dirty jokes
Back in the days, you could download the sample tracks. I'm sure with a bit of rummaging around the HTML, that's still possible - those are just standard Flash mp3 players, I think.

I actually stayed on the sample tracks for about a week when I started. By the 10th time you listen to the same track, though, it gets really tedious.

Btw, you have to listen to them with earphones to get the proper effect (which you probably did, but worth noting).
Fat startups vs lean startups? Lee Hower says they’re both right.
Potential monopolies must be handled with care. By the time a company becomes a monopoly, there's hardly any competition left. Seems like we didn't learn our lesson from when Microsoft crushed everyone else to swallow most of the x86 OS market, which it still dominates today, by a wide margin.

"you can't have a "monopoly" on your own product." Of course, you can only have monopoly on a market.
Seems like you have a distorted view of the current programming environment. The skills you list are used in a tiny minority of ycombinator-like startups, few of them making money.

The real world still runs on Java, C++, .NET and PHP. And SQL. Lots and lots of SQL.
Melbourne goes 3D-ish in Google Maps
Why would you have to move?

I'm guessing you're thinking along the lines of a funded startup, and access to capital and "deals" versus bootstrapping it yourself, but my guess is froo's startup is closer to the latter.

When you bootstrap it, you call the shots and there's little reason you can't do just as well living wherever you are!

Go for it.
This old sysop enjoyed Wildcat v4.0 BBS
Is it really entitlement to think that you should be able to get a better job with an advanced degree than with barely a high school education?

In high school, I worked in a library for about min wage + 40% or so. 5 years later, I got turned down for a position with the same township, paying barely above min wage, but they decided to "go with someone with tree-planting experience." The point is, the tagline for higher education has always been "Get a degree, get a better job - people with a college education earn X more in their lifetime" etc.

If college was free, it would be one thing. But it's not. And the truth is, I now have around 15k in student loans, and I'm begging and pleading for jobs that I could have done when I was 16 - and I'm losing those jobs to people with work experience that they got while I was off getting a piece of paper that seems to make me a liability.

Now we're coming back with a newfound respect for the people who were smart enough to see through that load. A high school buddy of mine just got out of the SEAL program and has been unemployed for six months. We're the prodigal sons of the working world, but nobody slaughters the fattened calf when we come crawling back.
Proof, as in 100% proof ? Or prove ? And Plagiarized.

You are going to have to prove 'provenance'.

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

This is a very complicated subject, the best thing you can do is to document very carefully the process of creation, time stamps and so on, and then to use those to challenge the people that cloned your content.

Mostly in the context of college, but useful stuff anyway:

http://www.bobbyelliott.com/Plagiarism.htm
I got really angry when I first read this blog post (see my other comment here) and I was thrilled that most people here are as annoyed.

I read maxklein's other story (about how programming is procrastination).

I'm going to give him the benefit of doubt now. To be blunt, he needs to work on how he communicates.

But, I think the gist of what he's trying to say is: there are certain things you need to do if you want to succeed well in business. You have to want to do business (the making money part), but that includes things far beyond programming (for example).

I think I see what he means about working with people who want to make money: they have to be in it for the long haul. But even people who would lose interest when they're rich have a long way to go while they're still (relatively speaking) poor.

You don't want to discount the Woz's of the world just because their hearts are in the tech. If you do, you lose.
The universe is a quantum computer?
Why wouldn't it be good for large projects?

It is for some, but it doesn't provide enough structure and opinion for some people. With Sinatra, you either need to come up with and fully grok your own structure (always a good thing, IMHO) or a myriad of plugins and middlewares.

Sinatra vs Rails is like a house with one big empty space vs a house with predefined rooms ready to decorate. With Sinatra, you need to be much more of an "architect" than you need to be with Rails. I'd much rather define my own walls and internal structures and Sinatra lets me do that more easily than Rails does.
How TechStars came to Seattle
I could have been a bit clearer there... I understood what you were getting at but was looking for a more thorough explanation of how it qualified as "anti-trust" since it seems like a very simplistic interpretation of the law and the situation.
That's pretty cool. I could see using the dm skeleton for something pretty big.

Here's the link for the lazy: http://monkrb.com/
sounds like what the author is describing is not so much napping but guided meditation .. nothing wrong with that, anyone interested in this stuff might want to use those keywords if they are going to do a websearch or something.
I taught myself to nap almost anytime anywhere with one little secret: a Mindfold relaxation mask.

http://www.mindfold.com/

The only thing I've ever found that provides total darkness in any condition with my eyes wide open. Combine it with a neck pillow and the right track on my ipod and I have a poor man's sensory deprivation chamber. A couple of deep breaths and the next thing you know, it's 20 minutes later.
We're working on a free trial that doesn't require payment or credit card information. Until then, once you enter your credit card, you're good to go.

Edit:
I forgot to mention:

a) You get 100 free minutes (no credit card req'd) for users subscribing with a corporate email account (just need to email us to request it).

b) First month is refundable
There are differing levels of pollution, though. The Daily Mail is, IMHO, almost "evil" in its level of ridiculousness. It exists mostly to rile up the darker sentiments held by middle England. It's Fox News in paper form.

The Sun, on the other hand, is the ultimate tabloid (in terms of sales) but is more playful and aware of its role as a form of entertainment. The Sun and the Daily Mail couldn't be any different.
Go scratches so many itches from other systems programming languages while remaining nearly as fast. It makes code cleaner and easier to manage. I say this as a college student working on a 7000+ line side project in Go.

Garbage collection, concurrency primitives, static duck typing, general rational design. So worth it.

As for Google's strategy, well, it keeps the Bell Labs guys working on good stuff while giving Google a good new language to write their low level systems in.
Some people of high intelligence are not suited to what you would probably call high IQ work.

I know someone who was extremely intelligent, way above 120 IQ. She couldn't handle an academic research job because she wasn't self motivated or curious. She couldn't handle a job in finance because of the stress. So she's now teaching calc, a job which is most likely 20-30 IQ points below her, and is reasonably happy doing so.

Intelligence isn't everything.
Hmm. you should probably look at http://adaptivesemantics.com/ . I just heard their founder present at SXSW, who was introduced as a "machine learning guru". they do machine learning for sentiment analysis
formally: logical fallacy of ad hominem tu quoque
My life plays the lottery and I've thought about this stuff before. I believe you have to do publicity here and there's no way I'd want to live where I do now with people knowing what we look like and how much we won.

(Not that I would anyway, I'd be throwing $500k down on an EB-5 and moving all of our asses to California. But still..)
Well whatever the reason I think I've seen it said for every bunch of startups. Its easy to criticise and I doubt there is any correlation between startups that look interesting and success.

And although I'll regret being negative myself I will just say - Zenedy, really? I think if wanted to write a startup style description of a affiliate marketing site that'd be it.
Thanks... updated.
Steve Jobs’ Response
That's an old but cool story.

Here he is on the subway in Moscow: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/06/15/perelman-in-a-...
Yeah, sorry about that. It was up when I first posted it. It seems to be back up now as well.
If the big difference is that the first one is romanticized[1] and the second one isn't, I'm not entirely certain they're all that different (although it's entirely possible I'm misunderstanding you). It's not like the guy hasn't had chances to change his situation; his refusal to do so suggests that he's in it more or less willingly.

[1] At least, that's what I think you mean by "romantic".
It may have started as guided meditation, I'm not arguing against that. However, I now nap without any soundtrack, and without even an alarm clock, so whatever it was that I was doing at the beginning, I think it's fair to call what I'm doing now napping.
The coaches just need to take it one game at a time.