skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Like your name? Because that's all this app needed to cause a problem.
Upvoted for the witty analogies.
> In fact, what we need is to eliminate all accredited investor requirements for small investments of up to $25k. Why does someone have to be a millionaire to invest in a friend's startup?

IIRC, you don't have to be an accredited investor to invest in a friend's startup. You only need accredited investors if you're soliciting investment publicly. It's part of "Regulation D" of the SEC code: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_D

This bill looks like it might have negative side effects on the startup economy, but "friends & family" isn't one of them.
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> it is well known that [...]

It's news to me. References?
So passengers spend between 30-40 minutes loading and unloading their carry on luggage. By checking in those bags the airline saves time, but what about the resources (employees) it would take to check those bags and to load/unload them from the airplane.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I didn't remove HTML/script tags from the input because it was just a mini project to learn Node.js. Now, I'm really glad I didn't because the XSS battles were fun to watch.

I'll be keeping an eye on the site during the afternoon. Only three restarts in three hours! Woo.
Doubleplus ungood Big Brother's designs on mobile
Ignore the reference to Wily in the other post; that is an ancient and crappy copy.

Plan9Port http://swtch.com/plan9port/ has Acme, along with many other useful Plan 9 tools.

Acme-SAC http://www.caerwyn.com/acme/ is a standalone bundle of the Inferno version of Acme.

Both will run on OS X, both are basically the same. I use Plan9Port.
Actually, the few high school teachers of my oldest son who friend him on Facebook are his most professional and caring teachers. (He does a distance learning program, and I think he has not met all of his teachers in nonvirtual life.) Teachers can use social networking responsibly--I've seen it done--just as anyone can use it irresponsibly.
Yeah, I did.

My thoughts on that subject are a bit mixed. Before online high school I was home schooled, and I'm certain I would've learned more had I remained home schooled.

However, as an alternative to a brick and mortar high school, I think the idea has a lot potential still to be unlocked. The high school I attended (Stanford's EPGY Online High School) botched the concept, for lack of good technology. Thus far online HSes have generally hobbled along by using corporate teleconferencing software--a clearly deficient solution. But with tailored software the experience could be very good.

In fact, it's my personal view that online education + OLPC or similar initiative could do wonders for third world countries. One of the biggest obstacles to education in, say, Africa are the lack of school buildings and the lack of local teachers, according to my friends who've done peace corp. Both of these problems are mitigated by online education assuming you have internet infrastructure. Since internet infrastructure is a major component of recent investment in that part of the world, I think it would be achievable.
I think he must not have been aware that article... pretty embarrassing for him after he does that long, snide blog post only to have a new study blow it out of the water.
The most powerful argument Lustig makes is one he barely makes any fuss about in the video, but can't just be waved aside: "I use this information to craft diets that consistently cause obese children to lose weight."

If you dig into actual dietary outcomes, "a person consistently loses weight on this diet" is a milestone hardly any diet reaches. Certainly not diets based on the idea that obesity is caused by eating too much and so the solution is to eat less; those have a terrible track record.

The way to cut through the scientific fog is not to argue about mechanisms and causation; the way is to look at who makes correct predictions, and consequently in the case of diets, what works and what doesn't. Fructose may not be evil, it may merely be strongly correlated with something else that is evil, but that's good enough for me, for today.
"everything but Chrome" is incorrect. From article:

"Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox. The one major Web browser left standing? Google Chrome"

"That said, I should also note that Pwn2Own didn't offer prizes for anyone beating up on other popular Web browsers such as Opera or the Linux operating system."
Legal != Moral
Control-Option-Command-8 switches the display to greyscale, then inverts it (in other words, black text on white becomes white text on black).
Suprdate: Date value objects for Ruby
My point is more about being good at something naturally. For example, I think Michael Arrington was always a natural to write Techcrunch, even if he never started it. Tiger Woods seems to be natural at golf (not that he didn't work hard, but many people work hard). I believe Paul Graham is a natural at Y Combinator in the same way.
I agree. There is a lot of money to be made as a "nutritionist" who tells people they can eat junk food and not get fat.
Good point, but perhaps you could remove the name calling? Simply stating that he's using bad numbers as if they were facts is plenty.
What's funny (well, sad) is that the government considers one an accredited investor by virtue of having money, not actual investment knowledge. You could have a PhD in finance, on the other hand, and be considered by law unsophisticated enough to make an educated investment.
Result grouping / Field Collapsing with Solr
Yeah, this is not the Prisoner's Dilemma! The way they described it the table looks like this:

Player 1, Player 2

C D
____ ____
C|1, 1|0, 1|
D|1, 0|0, 0|

In this case, both cooperate and defect are Nash equilibrium strategies, which is NOT the case for a Prisoner's Dilemma.

In order for this to be the Prisoner's Dilemma, only defect must be in NE, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%27s_dilemma
I really hope not... I'd really love to see html5 and javascript replace it. Especially because once html5 offers the basic functionality, javascript flash emulators like gordon (http://github.com/tobeytailor/gordon) will be able to fill the gap while designers are still holding out
>rat on each other.

Pun intended?
def viewed!
self.collection.update({:_id => self._id}, {:$inc => {:views_count => 1}}, :upsert => true)
end

Not sure why it's an upsert, but there's your answer -- atomic increment.
Right, I'm talking about vim. On Ubuntu, by default, my "vi" is vim.

I'm surprised it didn't work for you using vim explicitly. It works for me using versions 7.1.138 and 7.2.245, from fresh installs, by default, with no fancy configuration or add-ons.

When I run vim on /usr, it shows me a directory listing which I can browse and edit. I can create, delete, and rename directories and files right there.
Cloud Economics, By The Square Foot
The Empty Magic of Steve Jobs
"Besides, saying it isn't true for good programmers is a like the No True Scotsman fallacy."

No, because I can point to the people I'm referring to. In 1960, we did not have a lot of dedicated QA staff, dedicated sysadmins and IT, dedicated server farms, and so on and so on. Programmers have grown up auxiliary support personnel around them. The same has been true of doctors for a long time ("nurses") and will be more true, but the core doctors will actually be dealing with less and less of the routine.

The problem with your "software is getting crappier like furniture" theses is that it's flat-out wrong. If software was today as crappy as it was in 1980, the Internet would not work. We can't have the same bug-count-per-feature we had back then, we've got a crapload more features for bugs to be in! What is true is that we've got frameworks and libraries of a quality the programmers of the 1980s could only dream of, and a programmer can take these and trade technical quality for speed of development, and while the result can still be quite messy it is simply an option that didn't exist in 1980. On the whole though, software is radically better now than it was then; the alternative is not even technically feasible, it wouldn't even begin to work.

Seriously, if you think I'm on crack, go back and find the oldest source code you can. What you remember as a shining example of bug-free code will be revealed to be code that by modern standards is barely holding together and fails to exhibit bugs only because the task it takes on is so small there's hardly any room to trick it into doing something wrong. Not a viable path going forward.
The submitter can request Wikileaks to hold onto a document until a specific date.
I went last year and its a blast!
Nurturer-Finder Heuristic in CS research
Terry Pratchet on Copyright & Other Tid bits [Youtube]
It would be dangerous for governments to have no secrets. I'm perfectly fine not knowing where our nuclear subs are or the specs of Air Force One. The issue is deciding what's classified and having whistleblowers are a good way to keep a balance (governments won't feel like they can get away with something just because it's classified) without risking tons of lives.
Curious... why do you think themes are a bad design choice for Chrome?
The Physics of Sumos: A Flirtation with iPhone Game Development
Thanks for putting this together.
Maybe they were too worried about the CIA volunteering. I'm sure you're not a spook, but they don't know that.
Sorry, but Sweet Leaf Tea is a local Austin business and been around for years. It wasn't "placed" at SXSW by some mega-corp. It just expanded out of Austin.

- Your friendly neighborhood local Austinite
It's not so much an "educated" investment but one you can afford to lose without significant pain.
Your last sentence hits the nail on the head. I started eating this way in mid-January and have lost almost 30lbs since then.
Our development is in another country from where all our users are (the US)

So we need to use a remote usability service as its not easy for us to easily recruit people and run the test ourselves. But thanks for the reply :)
I will respect you more if you'll start a perfectly transparent democracy which makes every piece of information public, and then see how well that works in a war.
Gmail rolls out OAuth over IMAP for the masses
I think this happened in the last 24 hours, no announcement that I've seen, but try:

USER: openssl s_client -connect imap.gmail.com:993

SERVER: * OK Gimap ready for requests from 98.220.234.148 3if1337572iwn.10

USER: C01 Capability

SERVER: * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA XLIST CHILDREN XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH

That SASL-IR and AUTH=XOAUTH is new.

See http://sites.google.com/site/oauthgoog/Home/oauthimap for more on using it (still listed as experimental).
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The author seems to take offence to artists being used as economic fuel for companies to drive associated value to their products. This is exactly where artists can work with the system, by developing ways to drive value to companies who are willing to pay for it. Can this industry be changed for the good of the artists if the common goal is to get a record contract?
IPhone app to sidestep AT&T
How to Make an HTML5 iPhone App
see http://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/resources/public-poli... The Angel Capital association has looked at three sections

o Sec 412 (page 380) Adjusting the Accredited Investor
Standard for Inflation
o Sec 413 (page 381) GAO Study and Report on Accredited Investors
o Sec 926 (pages 816-819) Authority of State Regulators
Over Regulation D Offerings

and concluded "These 3 sections that threaten to reduce the number of accredited angel investors in the United States by about 75 percent and complicate the regulation of Regulation D offerings (which include angel investments) to increase the time needed for entrepreneurs to raise money and make it more difficult to get investors across state lines."
Well, it would be easier than it sounds but a bit of Googling reveals that while Python plans on moving to Mecurial, it's still in SVN.

Still, git-svn can solve that problem pretty well.
How about 'static stickers' (static cling film) with various overlays, browser chrome, iphone template, grids, lines, etc. Can stick to the board wherever you want and write over them as well.
Ove Arup's Key Speech
I'm surprised that the Gutenberg ePub versions are high enough quality for Apple, they were patchy the last time I looked (though there's plenty of issues with commercially eBooks too).
How to Create a PHP/MySQL Powered Forum from Scratch 
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The university should have told him when he enrolled for the course that some classes might not be possible because of his age.

"Summer field work" sounds like it could have a marked degree of risk and/or physical effort required. If that is the case, then I can see that it might not be a good idea for a kid to do them (regardless of how bright or mature he is).
Does MySQL also have a full scan counter?

Ah here it is:

log_queries_not_using_indexes = on

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/server-options.html#o...
Can you use OS X entirely without a mouse?
Agreed. If you actually watch the video it's the HFCS that's the major source of fructose, NOT fruit.
I'm 29. I have two non-millionaire friends who are 27-28 years old and have over 100k in savings each. They saved the money over last 5-6 years by being smart with their finances. Both are willing to invest $20k-$30k in me whenever I am ready. Neither expects crazy high returns (10% interest rate will suffice). They also know that if I hit it big, I will reciprocate well beyond 10%. Both trust me enough that no matter what happens in my life, they will at least get their seed money back in a couple of years.

Even though 25% of savings seems like a big bet, if you truly trust a person, it really isn't a risk. I wouldn't trade my friends for any amount of money so cheating them out of a measly $20k during a stage in my life when I really need their support would be pretty stupid of me. I have life insurance and so if I get hit by a truck, they will be compensated well. I don't see why it isn't bright to invest in your friend's startup if you trust them. Sure, money can get in the way of friendship but as long as there is honesty and maturity among all parties involved, investing can only make the bonds stronger.

My friend loaned me about $10k over the course of a year and I fully paid him back once I was able to. This helped strengthen our friendship instead of tearing it apart. So my personal advice is to go ahead and invest in your friend if you trust him/her. You only have one life and if 25% of your savings can change their lives forever, you gotta give it a shot.
> SELECT text FROM response WHERE questionId = 27 AND participantId = 38

> If there is no index on response(questionId, participantId), the database needs to do a full table scan

With only an index on one of the columns, Oracle at least will still use that index.
If it was some anonymous blowhard on the internet I was calling stupid, I'm sure few if any people would object. But it's a member of the elite, and therefore we have to be respectful. It's a stupid uncritical piece that reflects poorly on the writer.
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I think you miss the point here. It's not about betting on one or the other, it's about having options depending on your team or project.
Really? Can't we evaluate these claims properly? Both sides here are citing sources and starting a healthy debate. Why must we resort to choosing a side based solely on authority? I always assumed the HN audience would never fall back on that since we've seen success and intelligence where least expected.
"Past experiments hinted that humans are the only species capable of figuring out how to win the game"

What about flocks of birds and other cooperative groups?
NY Pays 230 “Consultants” $722M For Project 7 Years Behind Schedule
UPDATE: Corrected misleading headline from article. $722m to date, not per year. Average consultant earns $400k / year.
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. -- Henry David Thoreau
>You have to be a qualified investor.

Does this mean that startups can no longer take money from friends and family?
I think the article is more nuanced than that (if you got annoyed by the start, keep reading - it expands a lot). They seem to be saying (IMHO) that artists need to be aware of what is happening and make sure that they get something out of the process.

That's why I posted it - because it's more than "capitalism bad"; it's saying "this is capitalism; use it".
Actually I would say that Ryanair is the opposite model. They want to discourage people from checking in baggage, hence the fees. Staffing check-in desks and paying for baggage handling is a cost to the airline and increases turn around times as bags have to me moved on and off the aircraft. The difference is that Ryanair passengers are not, generally, making connecting flights at their destination at least not with Ryanair. They are flying straight to their destination, removing the advantages of checked baggage that exist for Southwest.

As for the fees, that is a feature not a bug. It means that people who want to fly as cheaply as possible can (no frills) and those who want the extras such as checked baggage pay. With a no fee structure, essentially the people who don't check baggage, check in online instead of at a desk, don't care where they sit (and speed up boarding times) etc are subsidising those that use those extras.
Federated ID, OpenID, and OAuth
Spain and Mexico don't require prescriptions either. I'm sure there are lots of other countries in the list as well.
A 1.8 GHz machine should be able to play a low-resolution video without stuttering or lagging. Yet every time I visit Youtube on my admittedly rather old computer, it slows to a damn crawl. You know what could play similar resolution videos at full speed with no problems? My goddamn 486/66. Flash needs to go.
Yup, and with single-column indexes on both of the columns it will try to pick one with better selectivity.
Regarding Flash designer and lack of tools, I think this might be a distraction. In the old days designers used to build websites in things like Dreamweaver. And now they click together websites out of open source code (either low level stuff like Wordpress or higher-level interface stuff like JQuery) and add a layer of design on top.

I think the amount of distributed effort that is moved out of throwaway one-off designs and redirected to using and improving shared components has had a noticeable impact on the web. I think the same will be true of JQuery, CSS3, SVG, Canvas, HTML5 video and all the other things that are alternatives to various parts of Flash.

Maybe I'm not visiting the right websites, but I rarely see anything clever or unique done in Flash. What I do see would generally be much better if people were taking off the shelf components and inserting their own images, minimal code and music files etc. to create something that is unique to their site but also built from commodities so that there's a chance it might degrade gracefully, support accessibility, be tweaked for maximum performance and all the other benefits of being a widely used tool.

In fact many of the better uses of Flash already use this model (e.g. the standard Flash video players are better than 99% of the hand rolled ones that are unique to a single site) but it seems culturally alien to the Flash community.
I must remember to become fully awake before posting. Thank you. I refined my question.
Although I don't completely agree with the author, he accuses Lustig of a similar fallacy: using the popularity of his Youtube video to justify where the truth stands.

See his retrospective of the original article: http://www.alanaragonblog.com/2010/02/19/a-retrospective-of-...

It has a decent (although one-sided) summarization of the comments from the original.
When writing an article like this you should include the name of the bill, Chris Dodd's Restoring American Financial Stability Bill, and a link to where you would go to contact your senators, http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_c.... It's also wise to include a sample letter that people can quickly modify and send.

Dear Senator Mikulski,

In Senator Dodd's Restoring American Financial Stability Bill, there is currently a provision to change the definition of an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933. At present, an accredited investor is defined as someone with a net worth of over $1mm or net income of over $200k. Dodd's bill would increase that to $2.3mm and $450k respectively. And then index those numbers to inflation. Unfortunately, while these changes may look good on paper, in practice they will severely dampen the flow of money into job creating early-stage technology companies.

Many early-stage technology companies are funded by one or more angel investors. Increasing the accreditation requirements will reduce the pool of potential angel investors, reducing the flow of money into the technology industry. Between 1994 and 2004, employment in the technology industry increased by 616,000, a staggering 8% annual growth rate. Through 2014, an additional 453,000 jobs are expected to be created by the industry as a whole. Reducing, and in some cases eliminating, the flow of investment capital into this industry will hamper the job-creation potential while our nation needs it the most.

Early-stage technology companies are also responsible for the creation of innovative new products and services that spread throughout the world. Many of these companies are funded with small private investments; some have the potential to go on to become the next Google, Facebook, Twitter, or Apple. Entrepreneurial innovation has been in the character of this nation since its founding.

Please oppose the modification of the definition of accredited investors in Senator Dodd's Restoring American Financial Stability Bill.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this matter,

jcnnghm
include your address, telephone number, e-mail address, and congressional voting district (http://www.redistrictingthenation.com/search.aspx)
It's called "Medical Student Syndrome." I learned about it in psychology class because it happens there too.
IPhone case rehabilitation
[Richard Cabrera's] iPhone was scratched from years of use. A big part of the appeal of Apple products is the dose of sexy that comes with them, so he set out to remedy this abomination. His iPhone case rehabilitation guide walks you through the miraculous transformation. One of the tools he uses is a headlight lens restoration kit from 3M because its polishing pads include graduated levels of grit for the transition from rough sanding to buffing. As you can see, the logo and text have been buffed off but that’s a small price to pay for what looks like a shiny new device.
I'm not the parent poster, but in the UK there are DA-Notices:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DA-Notice

I'm wondering if there's a US equivalent?
I wonder if I've been "damaged" by staring at too many both-woman-and-frog-style pictures and Escher drawings in my childhood. My brain just keeps flipping perspective at random as I traverse down the circuits.
Simple solution, the penalty for an official classifying something as secret because it was illegal, or they were doing a deal for a supplier or they were covering their butts could be the same as that for revealing a real secret.
Where does Computer Science Belong in the curriculum?
http://news.ycombinator.com/rss
IPhone soccer app uses air from speakers to move real-life ball [vid]
On the contrary, I think it makes a lot of sense to accept the opinion of someone more educated on a topic than yourself. I'm a technologist, not a nutritionist. Likewise, if a doctor thought he knew more about software than me, he'd likely be mistaken.