skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
TV Stands
Buy plasma TV stand, TV unit, TV rack and entertainment furniture at great prices. We also sell CD rack, DVD stand, CD DVD rack in chrome and wooden finishes.
Lobbyists for cultural conservatives don't have anything (financially) compared to the porn companies they'd be competing with. A few shell companies and they can buy as many members of congress or senate that they wish.
Sounds like you have made this kind of real-time indentification and stressful decision within two seconds or so. Can you elaborate on your experiences?
Ask HN: UCLA or Rose-Hulman
Hey folks, I am a senior in high school. I got accepted into both UCLA and Rose-Hulman, into the Computer Science program. I am not a US citizen, but may have the opportunity to get a green card the next year. I am interested in computer security and embedded systems. I cannot decide whether to go to RHIT or UCLA, or study CompSci or Electrical Engineering. What are the relative merits, costs, difficulties of each?

Thank you.
Legalizing drugs is one of the most pressing policies that our country needs to adopt, primarily because of what it'll do to dealers and the black market. Currently the we're waging an expensive, unwinnable war against gangs and cartels, who are powerful only because of the black market. Once we start treating drugs as a medical/social issue instead of a criminal one, prices and crime will drastically fall.
Really? That's 460 hours per year, spent sitting on your ass in traffic. If you worked hourly at $20/hr, that's over $9000/year. If you average 30mph, and it costs 24 cents/mile in depreciation, maintainence, insurance, and gas to operate your vehicle, you're spending over $3300/year on that extra distance.

The equivalent of thirty days of your life not spent with family, training for marathons, writing code, building furniture. What would you give for an extra month of your own time each year?
Towers are also a limited resource. Not every spot is suitable, and there's a lot of "not in my backyard" bargaining.
For me the death-knell of mainstream media credibility was their role in cheering on, validating and accelerating the illegal, appalling and abysmal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Edit: I'd love to know why someone downvoted this comment.
When access to expertise was a scarce and valuable commodity, marketing it to readers was a sound business strategy.
Joojoo reviewed, HP Slate specs leaked
If parent means to assert or imply that taxpayers in the U.S. paid for more than a tiny fraction of the costs of laying down the copper and fiber over which residential internet service is delivered in the U.S., I would like references supporting that assertion. The argument parent probably wants is that in much or most of the U.S., local governments granted the telcos and cable companies a government-created monopoly in the local jurisdiction, in exchange for which it is reasonable for government to expect the companies to submit to certain rules, especially since the rules are essentially the same as the rules by which monopoly power in the railroad, telegraph and telephone industries were somewhat-successfully ameliorated, and especially since there exists in the fundamental architecture of the internet a bright line in the form of the boundary between the IP layer (and everything below it) and services that ride atop it that can serve as the target of network-neutrality rules, and especially since most of the architects or "technical founding fathers", many of whom are libertarians and lovers of private-property rules, BTW, of the internet support the imposition of network-neutrality rules. Reader who doubt the existence of a "bright line" at the IP layer should make sure they have read the classic paper "The End-to-end argument in system design" and the history of the internet since the publication of that paper. (In other words, the "quality of service" arguments used by the telcos etc to argue the impracticality of network-neutrality rules have always been on the losing side of debates for the first 30 or 35 years of the history of the internet, and consequently suffer from a high burden of proof.)

For these reasons, even a lover of property rights and constitutional limits on government like myself can support network neutrality after having familiarized myself with the pro-network-neutrality arguments by people with a track record for good calls in internet design and internet policy and with the history of industries with very strong networks effects, like the railroad, telegraph, telephone, cable and residential-internet-service industries.

And I have to say that the largeness of the number of opinions arrived at with almost no knowledge in this comment section is very depressing.
Google Buzz: Give us one more chance. Please?
Can we get a copy? I'd love to try this. I'd worry about the North Korean government spying on me though.
I thought it was going to be an article about creating Minimum Viable Products (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product)
Well sure, that's the point - there would be little benefit from building a good search engine if you couldn't choose a different one. Google has to be great because otherwise somebody will get all its traffic. A monopoly can give lousy service because you can't leave.
iBooks and private APIs
Actually, that Debian bug is about a different CA file "RSA_Root_Certificate_1.pem" that is owned by Valicert but contains "RSA" in the filename, probably because it uses the RSA-SHA signature algorithm.

The Debian bug also refers to "RSA_Security_1024_v3.pem" which is the one Mozilla is discussing, and whose filename and contents refer to RSA Security, Inc. But the Debian bug offers that as an example of a good certificate!
Question for Patrick (or any other SEO experts, I suppose): You mention the SEO benefits of exact domain name matching (easterbingocards.com for a query for "easter bingo cards") -- is it also useful to have a partial match (patrickseasterbingocards.com for the same query)?

Right now I have tarsnap.(com|net|org), and I'm wondering if I should consider buying tarsnap<foo>.*, for appropriate values of <foo>, and just making them redirect to tarsnap.com.
Appeals Court Throttles FCC’s Net Neutrality Authority
DIYers Hack Windows Mobile Phones to Run Android
I wonder now if Apple had been leaking the $999 figure to set the stage for the $499 reveal or if they had just taken advantage of pure speculation.
Comcast: Your New Overlord
Another example of price anchoring: Points on Hacker news. I feel like this comment deserves 32 points. Can you meet my offer?
Perhaps NN should be under the FTC instead.
I worked through a recruiter for my current job, so I was asked to name a salary up front to make sure it met the client's frame. I named a price some 20% higher than they wanted to pay max, but in the end, the client (now my employer) came up 10% above their max to get me to join.
Let's Do Some Engineering Pt. 2: Software Metrics
Or it won't, because while weed is a lucrative line of business for the Mexi cartels, it isn't the only one, and there is zero chance we're going to legalize heroin.
I think it is more about the fact that you are going through a routine that requires no conscious thought on your part so your mind is free to wander while you are still being productive.
Prince looks promising, but it's a bit pricey for my needs. I think I will use the free version and have their logo as a sponsor :P
From the article: "Over the past 10 years, 60 percent of American adults made more than $100,000 in at least one or two of those years, and 40 percent had incomes that high for at least three."

Am I the only one shocked by that statistic? That is far more people making six figures than I would have imagined. I can see one year by virtue of selling stock or real estate or even inheritance, but the 40% with that income continually paints a different picture of America to me.
This might shed some light on why the entry level MacBook never went lower in price like a lot of people had speculated as well.
Great idea! I made a remember-mode template for emacs so I can store happy thoughts whenever they occur.

If you use org-mode and remember-mode you can add this template to your org-remember-templates:
("Happy Thought" ?h "* %U %?" "~/happy.org" "Happy Thoughts")

Doing so made me happy, so I added it to the file, which in-turn produced happiness. Ahhh, recursive happiness.
If I recall, Jobs indicated the $999 price was analysts. I don't have a reference, but that's also the price I'd expected the base model iPad to be. So I think Jobs just took what he saw as everyone's expectation of the anchor, let that sink in for a bit, then "crushed" it with $499.
Thanks, there are a lot of good suggestions here!
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Sure, but you can't compare the size of weed and heroin markets..
I was disappointed they didn't address some of the security concerns that were raised on HN last time about using Padrino in the context of an ecommerce app. Is Padrino/Sinatra secure enough to handle ecommerce? Rails, for example, has a nice security guide:

http://guides.rubyonrails.org/security.html

It would be useful to see some of these issues addressed in the context of Sinatra/Padrino.
It also depends on whether the deal is optional or required, in some sense. In the example, the jury believe some award is fair, then price anchoring has an effect, as demonstrated.
However, I think this might not be equally valid for "optional" deals - if I find a cool gadget that I am not sure about buying, if the seller quotes 10x the price I expect, I might just walk (as opposed to say, 1.5x).
With deals that have to happen in some sense, and only the price is not set (say a job offer, or an injury award), price anchoring seems more effective.
Of course I have nothing to back this up, just my feeling.
What you're saying is totally valid, but notice this: you're talking about types of traffic, and the customer's priorities.

If customers had control over this - saying 'prioritize my traffic on port X' or something like that - it would be fine.

What net neutrality proponents fear is discrimination based on carriers' priorities and the origins of traffic.

For example, imagine that Comcast throttles Youtube because they want you to buy the cable package. They're not benefitting the customer. They're not delivering what the customer or the taxpayer paid for.

What if AT&T wouldn't connect my call to Verizon's sales department? What if my Toyota stalled out when I tried to drive to the Honda dealership?

The bottom line is that if a customer pays for access, it should be theirs to use and prioritize as they see fit.
I am one of those extreme commuters, by choice. I spend about 18 hrs/week commuting on public transit. The daily commute includes 15 min walking to the train station (which I love), an express train, a 20-minute bus ride (which I dislike), and buffer time (if you take the train every day, you do not want to stress yourself out running for the train) and (schedule gaps between bus arrival and train departure).

I don't recommend it to anyone but the fact is there are costs and benefits to everything. Sometimes the costs seem to outweigh the benefits of living in the city, but, in all, I think living in the city has made me able to meet people who I connect with. There are times when I am too tired to go out with friends and times when I should be tired because I did go out with friends.

The times (which are more frequent now) when I am heads down in iPhone programming - the train ride goes by quickly, almost too short. Tethering is an absolute requirement. There are many times when I simply rest and leave the MacBook in its case. Lots of time to think and start executing on app ideas.

It all comes down to: what do you benefit from living where you choose to live and working where you choose to work.
I prefer mine in /etc/gemrc
For 5 of the 7 years that I worked full time before doing a startup I had a 1 hour commute. For 4 of those years it was with a train, which I actually kind of missed when it was over. The net result was that I spent 10 hours a week reading books. The amount that I read dropped off sharply after the commute was gone.
Dan Ariely has examples in his book Predictably Irrational.
there is zero chance we're going to legalize heroin

I agree, although it's necessary that we legalize them all.

If we just legalize marijuana and not cocaine or heroin, we'll be opening an even bigger problem with the cartels, who would then have to push harder drugs on school children in order to make the same money that they're currently making from the marijuana black market.

The point is that drugs are a horrible reality, but legalizing them is by far the lesser of two evils. We could take the money we're currently wasting on the war on drugs and put it towards programs to prevent and help addiction.
Sure you can. The markets for narcotics are bigger, in dollar terms.
Money can't make me happy, says millionaire giving his riches away
Android-Based ICD Gemini is Most Feature-Complete Tablet Yet
I absolutely agree with that. On the axis of truth vs marketing, this is definitely out toward marketing. I don't think this is quite as bad as linkbaiting, but it's surely kin.

I guess I just misunderstood what you'd meant by 'wrong'.
Yahoo Considers Buying Foursquare for 100 million
I'm an alum. Just to give some background, AlphaLab is funded by the state (indirectly), and so there is that residency requirement. However, if I remember correctly, if you move, you just have to pay back the $25k. You're not permanently stuck.
A large part of primary and secondary education is exposing you to different vocations, at least in part. Taking a course and recognizing that it's not for you is an invaluable experience, especially at such a young age. Think of it as the shotgun approach: Try a little of each to assess your desire and aptitude.
https://nosqleast.com/2009/slides/sarkissian-cassandra.pdf is pretty good
I plan on opening a Discovery Zone
hmmm. the link inside this article to the rules is not up yet. Is this a $75k investment or free money? If it's an investment, then this is totally bogus.
As my co-founder said when I threw that one in his face: "Sure, but he would learn that one of their big problems was speed."
If you support net neutrality, but are against FCC content censorship, you should applaud this ruling. It checks the agency's ability to conjure new powers for itself. That overreach is the mechanism by which "neutrality" could be subtly redefined, over time, by the next generation of righteous busybodies.

Without strict by-the-letter-of-the-law limits, future populist regulators could easily decide that packets aren't truly "neutral" unless they advance neutrality, equality, and justice for all Americans. Packets which contain hate speech, pornography, anonymous speech, content inaccessible to the handicapped, political campaigning beyond the spending limits of the FEC, or an insufficient proportion of 'underrepresented' viewpoints all twist the net against the public interest. So why shouldn't fair-minded regulators issue extra rules to protect us? Demand more proof of compliance and 'good faith' from operators to stay in business? And once an agency is reviewing business practices for compliance with political ideals, where does it stop?

The diversity of political viewpoints available from a mass media is roughly inversely correlated with the amount of government regulation. Broadcast TV -- requiring FCC licenses for using the "public" airwaves -- has the tamest commentary. Cable TV -- federally-unregulated but locally-licensed, with a lot of operator overlap with regulated broadcasting -- is slightly more diverse. Books and periodicals -- there is no FCC of print, thankfully -- are the most diverse.

Right now the internet is most like books and periodicals. Anything that gives the FCC review power over net businesses will push it to be tamer, more like cable or broadcast. (This is even if there are no explicit content regulations; simply trying to keep the bipartisan regulators on your good side with regard to future disputes means self-censorship.)

Even if you think that's a risk worth taking for "neutrality", you ought to at least require that authority to come from explicit legislation. Get a clear definition of new rules and authorities in writing; have that definition pass Congress and constitutional review. Don't let an appointed agency of 3 Dems/2 Reps (and sometimes, 3 Reps/2 Dems) assign themselves this new authority.
Can I just say that having grellas active here on HN is one of the best developments of the last year for this community? Thanks, sir.
We can talk about this all day, but even if I agreed with you, it's completely irrelevant. The policy issue in this article, and in 2010, is the legalization of marijuana. If the benefits your comment suggests aren't going to be realized with the legalization of marijuana, then we aren't getting them.

In not one of the top 40 economies of the world, including the Netherlands, have narcotics been legalized.
Wasn't this exact kind of behavior the reason Microsoft faced company break-up at some point?

When is Apple going to be investigated by the US government for anti-competitive behavior?

Or maybe this rule only applies to monopolies?
Awesome that is really helpful! Does anyone know of anything that is not listed there?
Kevin Rose is killing the DiggBar
Investment. I agree, I don't see why it needs to be a contest, if there are good companies, why not just seed them. It is a better dollar value deal than YC, but if Northbridge doesn't fund you after the seed you will be DOA (or at least perceived as such).
I think its worthwhile considering the possibility that work is broken.

It's easy to accept the status-quo.

Before the Internet, consumers accepted that there was an inherent trade-off between selection and convenience: you could either have the convenience of the corner store with its limited selection, or the selection of a WalMart if you were willing to take the drive out to their regional supercenter.

The Internet allowed companies like Amazon to deliver both more convenience and more selection. Consumers could have their cake and eat it, too.

Today, most people accept that there is a trade-off between living where you want to live, and working where you want to work.

What if that were not true?
I think if you do a redirect there is no advantage to that. Travel to http://www.easterbingocards.com, there is content there for the search engine to index and return as a result (content that also of course has a lot of the keywords that are being targetted).

(Unless you're talking about doing a reverse proxy to the content of the tarsnap site, but I believe there is also not much advantage to that since the search engines pick up on duplicate content)

[EDIT: this is coming from things I've read not controlled experimentation. I don't think you can be an 'expert' without the latter so maybe I should not have responded]
USA, Made in Pakistan
Very nice semantics, but hideous syntax. Pascal had it done right with a more linear declaration syntax. C looks like lisp in a bad way if you make slightly nontrivial declarations. Of course to make matters worse somebody went on and made C++, which must be the most hideous language ever to evolve, possibly because its creator borrowed heavily ideas from how his native natural language Danish was formed; It is mostly comprised of guttural sounds and every new groan you make is added to the language. It has been said that C++ is to C what lung cancer is to lung.

Basically we will never get rid of C, for there is just too much piled up on it. C++ though we should replace because it is an atrocity to programming.
Lets not forget that one of the secrets to building successful software is the principle of "good enough for now, we'll make it better later."
Before They Were Titans, Moguls and Newsmakers, These People Were...Rejected
In not one of the top 40 economies of the world, including the Netherlands, have narcotics been legalized.

Not true. Portugal, "in 2001 became the first European country to officially abolish all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine."

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.ht...
That's why I said "wrong," to make sure it was clear I was using someone else's word. I probably would have said "misleading." And that was my first thought after reading through enough of the post to understand what he was really saying. I don't like posts where someone makes a provocative statement, then jumps through hoops to redefine words or attach different semantics to make it fit.
Sure it's stealth mode; you're trying to get by unnoticed. The difference is who you don't want to be noticed by - in classic stealth mode, it's everyone; here it's just potential competitors.
Perhaps the old stealth mode could be more appropriately described as "navigating a jungle with sunglasses at night" mode.
A Guided Web Tour of Startup Marketing Techniques
The cocaine market is larger than both of them (in dollars) and I believe the dominant component of the current cartel operations. Legalizing marijuana will likely have a negligible effect on the Mexican drug cartels.
You can offer free heroin (or methadone) to addicts though, which is relatively common I believe and has a similar effect.
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My Experiment with Google AdWords & Dropshipping: Fail
Yeah, sometimes it's not that you have to add more capability (features) to a product, it's that you have to make the features that exist easier to use.
The flip side of this is it can be very hard to make changes in your life when you realize that people to whom you may be very close .. are no longer good for you.
Exactly what I was thinking while reading this article. Taking advantage of control of one market to push it's own products in favor of competitors in another market.
Ok, that's what I thought -- I started doubting when I read Patrick's comments. Thanks!
A pretty good justification for the project.

That said, I feel a little sorry that the Padrino developers even felt the need to publicly state the raison d'être for the project. Really, this is open source, and they should feel free building on top of Sinatra, Thor, etc. It is up to the developer community to decide as individuals if they want to use a project, but the essence of open source is being able to build new systems using large bodies of existing open source code.
C's syntax is much more terse than Pascal's; whether that makes it better or worse is open to discussion. begin...end or {...}? I would argue that Pascal's syntax is easier to learn, but that C's is easier to use once learned. And since I spend more time using languages than learning them, the latter is more important to me.