skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, it'll be done over webcam. We're testing out the format, see how it works. It's been successful for smaller size (4-5 people), so time to expand it a bit.

Also, I'm curious about the back button not working. It's just a standard posterous blog, and the back button works just fine here. What browser are you using? Might be good for garry to check it out, he's obviously a regular here.
Not exactly. I only skimmed it (and yep, the sushi looked good :-), and mostly looked at his second point, which is more like keeping the scope of your APIs small.

To use a delightful term from Ted Nelson, you very much want to limit how the parts of your system are intertwingled (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertwingularity). The less you have to juggle in your head at once, the better; he connected this to flow (quoting Joel S.) ... I'd put it "the less deep you have to get into flow the better".

Or to quote Brooks, limit accidental complexity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet).
I was thinking about using FreeBase (www.freebase.com) in a project and come up with a small website where you can write (shout) to some public figure anonymously. Do you think you want to use something like that?
See, that's the kind of nonsense we need to be done with once and for all. A "mere wheelchair" is something a person recovering from an accident or surgery might need to use for a few weeks, or, perhaps, something like the equivalent of a bicycle for someone making a deliberate decision to be active. But for an alarmingly large number of people -- quads, high-loss paras, people with CP, MS or spinabifida, etc -- the "chair" is a prosthesis, a strap-on body that allows them to move through and interact with a world that is otherwise denied to them. Until enough people can see that, we can't say we've progressed much beyond the point of handing out begging-bowls...
Gruber has a history of making very specific "predictions" which are actually leaks from his moles. Maybe he's gotten tired of beating around the bush.
It is so "obvious" that it would be very easy to "steal" the idea and not give credit to Marco. After all, you could always say you had the idea independently.
There's oodles of sites on the net about how to make money online, and books written about it (e.g. Tim Feriss). If all you've come up with is those two options, you need to go back and do more research before asking HN for help.
ebook.

You have a better chance of success if you are an authority in your subject/niche, or your opinion/method/perspective is is unique (and possibly controversial).
Treasuries.
Yeah though it appears to not have any special features beyond HD video (which I don't care about), and the 3200 ISO option - which I'm skeptical about.
Seems like it. No Google Voice, no Google Photos, ...
"Nagios is ugly and dated"

You might want to try Icinga (http://www.icinga.org) instead (no idea how to pronounce it though). It's a fork of Nagios that is supposed to solve some of the issues that supposedly surround Nagios. Haven't used it myself yet though...
Blah blah blah everyone's racist except black people.
Fourscared and Fourscammed
DIY Makeup Case - depotting
Thanks - great advice. It's always easy to get caught up in the feature trails...

Wow the first photo of the baby is wonderful.
Phone Halo Android App Sneak Peek
Is the Android really more developer friendly? A very profitable application category on the iPhone are audible applications. That category is a nonstarter on the Android because Java latency causes noticeable sound artifacts.
IBM: Digging itself in deeper
File Recovery with Haskell
What is the difference between an iPad and a Wii/Xbox/Playstation?

There is no difference. Those all suck too, for the exact same reason.

There is a reason why most good games come out for the PC first, followed by consoles "later".
Thanks for the updated link (no idea why it was moved). I tried to edit, but couldn't - I guess it times out.
Very cool idea. Would love to use this for customer support for my business to have users yell their complaints to us.
http://graze.com - healthy snacks (olives, nuts, dried fruit) delivered by mail. I spend over £500/year with them now. Which frankly is a huge amount of money for any company let alone a startup to convince me to part with.
Where did the article go? I can't resolve the host.
I thought the SMS problem was that the phone carriers apply higher fees to them?
Google Code Jam Returns
I've heard from former Lockheed engineers that the F-22 outperforms anything we've ever seen -- only that the "official" specs are still classified.
Isn’t that the point, though? You could buy touchscreen computers since the early 2000s but there was nary any UI progress in sight. Touchscreen computers used essentially mouse centric interfaces. Sometimes they might have gotten a pity feature or two, but that was about it.
Two stand-out features of The Economist I'd like to see emulated more:

1. No separation of op-ed from news reporting. Just-the-facts-Ma'am reporting isn't objective, it just plays coy games with selective quotes and straw-men. It's dishonest and, worse, it's wordy.

2. No signatures on articles, whether written by one person or the entire staff. The text is boldly honest, without worrying the author might never work again for saying the wrong thing. The paper itself holds the opinions, which lean different directions in different decades. This is okay.

Most blogs and have the first item down pat. But the second is rare, despite the easy collaborative editing that modern blogware offers, and the benefit of pseudo-anonymity for amateurs who can't keep a perpetually diplomatic tongue. A platform that nudges its community in this direction might be all that's needed.

(Just another company I'm too lazy to start.)
As far as I'm aware, there are a ludicrous amount of patents surrounding the use of QR-type codes that link to URLs. I remember NeoMedia in particular being singled out by the EFF for having a stupidly sample patent on the linking.

I'm now curious to see who wants to take on Google's strength when it comes to this game ;)
A lot of carrier-branded phones have features like that disabled in favor of only allowing the user to purchase ringtones from the carrier's marketplace where you pay upwards of $3-$4 per ringtone (i.e. ringtones, at 30s or less, cost more than buying the entire song on iTunes). It is/was vendor lock-in at it's worst: create a captive audience, and then price gouge them because they don't know any better (i.e. "My old phone didn't have ringtones, but now I can buy ringtones from Verizon! Yay!"; without realizing that the phone itself supports user-created ringtones that you don't have to pay for).

It's sort of the same for the iPhone now. People think it's great because they are used to phones with limited functionality, openness and usability. Compared to those phones that iPhone is a breath of fresh air. Apple's just playing a game of, "what they don't know can't hurt them." People don't sit down and think about exactly what their ideal device is like. They see the iPhone/iPad and thing that it's neat and mold their expectation around what they see (especially if their expectations were lower to begin with).
I'll make it, with a coworker.
Gowalla Adds Real-time Feeds and Activity Streams
That was my first thought, and we are happy SendGrid customers. Of course, SendGrid has analytics and lots of other features that help get emails delivered...But 2 dollars versus 80 is a huge difference.
Just like SendGrid might be in trouble, Twilio must also be wondering what the future will hold.

Would love to see someone from SendGrid and Twilio come here to explain the main differences and the cost/benefit of the two services.
Reviews have value beyond a simple love/hate judgment which you so intelligently extracted.
I'd give it altitude possibly, but the raptor isn't a speed machine.

Mach 3.5 is a speed attained by two things: Space ships and aircraft built specifically to achieve it. The F-22 is neither, as cool as it is.

While I don't doubt (especially with super-cruise and such) that the Raptor is significantly faster than reported, I'd be very surprised if it is actually Blackbird fast.

I do agree that it "outperforms" anything I've seen, but performance isn't a speed thing alone.
Care to give some examples that don't involve Valve or Blizzard?

Most stuff these days is simultaneous or console first.
It's OK under one condition. The whole advert should go something like this:

"We're Looking for a Ninja BrainFuck Programmer. Come hang out sometime and we'll see if you're a fit."

That's it. Anything else -- resume, phone screen, FizzBuzz, whatever -- and it's obvious they're pretending to be cooler than they really are.
The people opting in to install non-store apps likely fully understand that the apps may not work on their particular device.

Anyone remotely tech savvy is going to comprehend this fact, and you're likely going to have to be somewhat tech savvy to be willing to hunt down sites supplying non-store software.

I wholly agree, there are quite probably untold millions who are savvy enough to comprehend the limitations of their devices.
maybe like this mockup i just made?

http://create.ly/g7qpwcay1
Great interview, filled with interesting stories - well worth checking out just for the Steve Job stories.

PS: And thanks Andrew, for steering away from linkbait titles.
Ask HN: What programming languages should a web designer know?
What programming languages should a web designer know in order to do a useful and nice Web 2.0 site?
He "predicted" the specific resolution here: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/29/wsj
Digital Ditch Digger.
It also doesn't make sense to spend the ridiculously high amounts of money required to fly things through the air (what are we, birds?) when trains do just fine.

Yes it does, flying is faster.

It also doesn't make sense to store all of those files in a mainframe when the filing cabinets do just fine.

Yes it does, mainframes are smaller.

It also doesn't make sense to spend the absurd amounts of money required to develop a packet-based communication network when telegraphs and telephones do just fine.

Yes it does, PBC is more mobile

It also doesn't make sense to go to the moon with humans when we can just send a probe there.

You're right, this one makes no sense. Kinda like the shuttle.
You're probably right about the speed records. There really isn't any reason to design aircraft that fast with the satellite technology and weapon systems we have now.

Yeah, sorry for editing my post. I couldn't figure out how to explain what I was trying to say. But said former Lockheed engineers did specifically claim that the F-22 breaks both speed and altitude records. I don't really know what to believe. It does seem smart to release false information about that kind of thing though.
This article is an example of why Apple was smart for going Unix. It attracts really smart geeks that can help shed light on performance issues in a way normal consumers just can't.
That's like saying EC2 is a copy of Slicehost.
A DMCA notice is not a legal action though. It's not filed with a court. It's basically a C&D letter send to a host or ISP that is serious business for the host or ISP (b/c they could lose their Safe Harbor protections if they don't follow it) but the only penalty that the letter-sender might possibly incur is a charge of perjury. The take-down notice basically states "I believe that X is really my copyright and that I have not authorized it to be distributed in such a manner. I agree that I believe this is the truth under penalty of perjury."

The statement is nebulous. To prove perjury, you would have to prove that they did not believe that the copyright was owned by them. Proving that is a tall order in court, and perjury seems like a slap on the wrist compared to the damage that can be down when the power of the DMCA-take-down-notice is abused.

This is why DMCA notices are basically an unchecked power given to 'rights holders' in a world ever everything that is produced gains an implicit copyright.
In Mr. Grubber's defense there's a lot more substance in this review than a thumb up/down conclusion. It's obviously written by and for Apple fans. Friendly critiques are often more valuable than unfriendly ones. I don't want to read a review by someone preaching to me that I need Flash or a command prompt so I can edit my /etc/rc.local file. I'm more interested in a strong focus on the small details of design along with commentary about the bigger picture from someone I agree with on the basics and has a proven track record of understanding Apple.

Would you rather read a review of a new sushi restaurant from a sushi lover, someone who never tried sushi before, or someone who hates sushi? Same idea here.
If anyone has read The Tipping Point, Ron Conway is an amazing example of a 'connector'.

In this example, he made a single connection that Tipped Tellme towards success.

Would be interesting to put together a list of angel investors that similarly stand out as connectors.
On MacBreak Weekly he eluded to the fact that some high profile developers are presently working on apps for the next iPhone. I'm sure we'll see some demos tomorrow.
Or if you file a claim that says someone is infringing 'copyright' by using a trademarked name they doubly need to be slapped down since the lawyers themselves should know better than to confuse trademark and copyright. That kind of crap is just a ploy to threaten someone in a trademark dispute without actually filing legal papers (especially if you don't really own the trademark).
PLEASE HN ADD A SEARCH FEATURE
I love visiting this site even though i am not a geek or tech-headed visitors seem to be. One thing that worries me is the is that i cant search for anything here. I have just started studying for CCNA and wish i could get some bookmarked articles and comments and i wish i could just use a search to find something on it. Please HN i you add this functionality?
Kudos to Google on this. They've really been pushing QR and that's exactly the kind of support needed for it to reach critical mass. Reading QR codes is one of the few ways my Droid can school the iPhone...

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/
Trada’s Position on Staying in Stealth Mode
The Fit or Fat Startup
In regards to his criticism of syncing, I think it seems like such an obviously missing feature that Apple has to do something about it, namely opening up MobileMe/iWork.com for free (ad-supported) to offer proper competition to Google.

I wrote some more thoughts on this here, if anyone's interested:
http://gen89.net/2010/04/07/prediction-free-mobileme-after-a...
Based on our usage, I think Thrift is the Achilles' heel for Cassandra. Some of Trift problems that we've seen:

* simple port scan can crash Thrift.

* Malform data can crash Thrift.

* inserting data too fast can crash Thrift.

Any of the 3 above cause NoServersAvailable error.

That said, do you guys have road-map for replacing Thrift? Apache Avro perhaps? Are there anyone actually happy with Thrift (besides Facebook)?
I was JUST about to start hacking on something like this. A URL shortener for market and app store URLS that generates QR codes at the same time.

Dammit!

edit: I am even in mid-process of acquiring a .et domain so I could've had http://mark.et/whatever. Gah!
Ask HN: How much to pay for a domain for a side project?
I'm looking for a domain for a side project and found one that I am particular to. It is being domain squatted, with a sell price of 350$. How much does a domain name matter?
> If one party on a debate was forced to always wait 2 weeks until responding, would you not consider that a disadvantage over the long run?

Of course, but it seems to me that the problem here is not the two-week window, as much as the insufficient penalties for abusing it.

If someone repeatedly files DMCA takedown notices against the same party, or against multiple parties related in some way (same organisation, common interest, whatever), but repeatedly fails to bring an actual lawsuit or otherwise contest counter-notices, then that person or organisation should open themselves to a harassment lawsuit with the risk of penalties based on actual damages + punitive damages based on the general harm of allowing suppression without cause, if a court finds that they really didn't have reasonable grounds for filing the original notices (as opposed to, for example, being well within their rights to file, but not having the money to follow through with a full court case against a megacorp after counterclaims were filed).
I guess you are trying to be funny, but I don't see the point. Your first 3 points are clearly false (the 4th is not clearly so). Are you suggesting that there is benefit to the pursuit itself? If so, then yes it is good that we developed the shuttle... but why continue to use it?
>Do you know what you have to do to get a ringtone on the iPhone?

Yep. They're free. Just download them as podcasts.
http://macmost.com/free-iphone-ringtones

Or even use iTunes to make them out of music on your computer:
http://www.ehow.com/how_2160460_custom-iphone-ringtones-free...
StreamCamp SF April 17-18, 2010
StreamCamp brings together implementors of the ActivityStream format in an intense, productive, NO-BS environment for getting serious work done.
Its funny how easily people forget this - Apple created the first MARKET for mobile apps. Thats openness. Before the iPhone the mobile game was one big scam, with someone reaching into your pocket at each and every step in a long chain.
I did this myself at the suggestion of an Apple rep at the main Apple store in San Francisco.

Go ahead and call your local Apple store if you don't believe me. :)
The Apple II was not a kid (though there was a board-only version available if you asked). You're thinking of the Apple I. The Apple II was a complete, assembled system in a box from the factory. You bought it, plugged it into your TV and tape deck, and started coding. Frankly it was the most out-of-the-box-integrated programmable hardware available at the time.
if theres any other way to search for articles here please let me know
It would be interesting to gather data on the subject, but it seems to be one of those commonly-understood truths. I suppose you could study it by showing men and women a pair of conversation transcripts about relationships, one of which accomplishes nothing, and one of which ends in a useful resolution ("I feel X," "That's terrible," versus "I feel X," "You should Y."). Then men and women could rate which conversation seemed better, according to a couple qualities.

It might be hard to get funding, though.
I didn't have any problems reloading right now.

http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/http://dropsafe.crypticid...

It's just you. Maybe try again in a few?
Why address fragmentation? The kernel's running with virtual memory on. Just no paging files.
Sup "my grandpa was an engineer/programmer for the blackbird" buddy :). Maybe they knew each other !

Did he like to hold cool confidential information over your head, too? Like how fast the blackbird could really go?
SublimeVideo - now with Flash fallback
Raindrop logo drawn entirely using CSS
I spoke with David Schmidt (of symbolics-dks.com) on the phone recently.

Sadly, there is no way to legally emulate a Symbolics machine on a PC. Symbolics' intellectual property is basically in purgatory, the people who own it or have owned it apparently vastly overestimated the value of the IP and refuse to do anything with the IP aside from exchanging it for large sums of money - which nobody is willing to do.

There is a copy of a more recent version of Genera floating around on torrent sites, but from what David Schmidt tells me, it's pretty incomplete.
Will these be made available for download? I'd be interested in attending, but the time doesn't work for me, so I'd only be able to view them after the fact.
I'm intrigued by this provision about filing in other countries, which I hadn't heard about before.

How does this work? Surely someone in the US can already sue you in US court, in principle. If you live in another country and don't turn up to defend yourself, would they not win by default, and perhaps be awarded some form of damages which you would then, in principle, owe them? But since the US courts have no jurisdiction outside US territory, most foreigners would just ignore such a silly legal action anyway, other than avoiding going to the US in the future.

Unless some form of compulsory extradition is involved, I don't see how the DMCA thing is any more of an abuse than the above scenario. TCOS can try to sue me all they like, but since I'm here and they're there, I will just ignore them, and so will my country's government. What is the danger that I'm not understanding here?
Offtopic: Any plans to allow custom repeating schemes like MWF, TR, or whatever? Basically the only reason I canceled my Backpack account and I'd really like to subscribe again.
Add drag and drop to any website
This is totally different. What I am describing is more akin to buying a 16 GB iPod touch and then exchanging it for store credit which you use to buy the currently out-of-stock 32 GB model a couple of weeks later.

I don't have the specific documentation that says this is the case, but I personally canceled my 3G iPad preorder and bought a WiFi model yesterday at the advice of an Apple Store employee.

Just call your local Apple Store and they will verify it for you.
Virtual memory (memory paging and segmentation) is the foundation for being able to start and stop apps. Otherwise memory would have to be defragmented. Both don't require the ability to store somewhere, they both are useful in physical memory only situations.

I think what he means in the article is that Apple disabled Mach's ability to store memory pages on disk in order to free room for more physical memory. The most probable reason being that Apple does not trust the lifetime write capacity of their Flash disk. (And depending on your chicken and egg, the current App situation does not require swapping memory pages to disk since you can only run one App at a time. Which caused the other I don't know.)
As I understand it, with Genera you could inspect that all the way down to the kernel.
http://searchyc.com :)

But I agree, search would be nice.