skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
http://xkcd.com/272/

Same experience on Gentoo here. :)
If you want medical advice, go to a doctor.
Yes, and they're not working. That's a great opportunity to build something that does work!
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What's the difference between a Minimum Viable Product and a Proof Of Concept?
Perhaps some people prefer to excrete more dilute urine?

(As an aside for the curious, your water intake and your sodium excretion are virtually orthogonal - the body is very, very good at retaining sodium while wasting H20 when necessary. Therefore, drinking lots of water will not cure hypertension or reduce your whole-body sodium burden.)
Wendell Berry says he'll go to jail if one of the provisions requiring all chickens to be tagged from farm to market were to go through:

http://www.foodrenegade.com/wendell-berry-picks-jail-over-na...
I don't entirely disagree with you, but some of the examples you cite as reasons for needing paper could simply be done differently.

For example: I don't feel any need to print things out and hang them on my wall to reference later - I have a sticky notes app for that. I can compare many documents side-by-side on my computer just by resizing windows appropriately, and if I had a giant monitor, I could compare quite a lot of things side-by-side without printing anything out. (That is considerably less easy to do on the iPad, however.) I also never deal with my coworkers physically as I work remotely; everything happens digitally. Some of us already live an almost paper-free life. :)
I was thinking oh you only have english -> french so far. Have those in viewable lists without mousing over.
The Vatican also says that priests must be celibate, and yet the Catholic church in Africa is --- allegedly, according to Newsweek --- rife with married priests. Let's not overestimate the influence of the Pope. It wasn't the Catholic church telling people they could cure STDs by deflowering virgins.
Jonathan Ive on Industrial Design
You're not a big fan of "backwards compatibility", aren't you?
Well Id like to upgrade to the 3gs and I do so for $200, but only way I can get a 3gs due to cellphone contract is pay $500 or more. Which is the cost of the iPad, which does not makes sense. Is Apple saying after 4 years of the iPhone in production the cost to manufacture both the iPhone & iPad are the same? Bullcrap AT&T/Apple!
I sure do hate it when people confuse shell environments such as Bash/ksh/etc with 'DOS'. I suppose people that don't want to use the command line at all don't understand, but there is a huge difference between a modern command line and one with no history where the cursor keys don't even work.
I use a shell with no readline / history support and I don't miss it one bit.

Calling Linux modern is, at best, a joke.
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Out of all the goals, the only one not worth pursuing is getting a tattoo.

Parenting is failing somewhere.
Writing your apps in C is within the terms of the agreement. As is writing your code in Javascript if it is interpreted by Webkit, which is why _Phone Gap_ seems to be okay.

"...Applications must be originally written in Objective-C, C, C++, or JavaScript as executed by the iPhone OS WebKit engine, and only code written in C, C++, and Objective-C may compile and directly link against the Documented APIs..."
Iggy investigates an ipad
What companies since IMVU would he consider to be lean startups? And why haven't we heard more breakout stories of companies using the methodology?
$1000 for the best Flex/Flash application
South Park skewers high-tech icons
You should try doing more than using Safari. Some of us even replace the command line on OSX to be something more friendly (Plan9port). The number of times I've dropped to the shell to find the contents of a resource fork for colleagues using "find" is > 0.
# kiss in the rain

- Weather forecast - waterproof lip gloss catalog

Seriously, I'm surprised this one very specific goal ranks so highly. I guess I'm in the wrong demographic to understand it. But is there some pop culture thing that makes this more popular than, say, "live passionately"?
No idea about Solaris, but I'm sure there is a file notification system there too.

Not all Kernels are stock

USE="-dbus -hal"

and that's the way I likes it.
>If even running a "hello" app is too slow, then the whole framework becomes useless

Except Yii claims to be fast because it lazily loads extra functionality, such as DB classes and sessions, commonly needed features in most apps. Assuming they use autoload, it would actually suffer a performance hit since autoload is notoriously slow and the other frameworks already have loaded the needed classes.
I remember some marketing for the iPad positioning it as something for parents to buy for their college-bound student. Those students are going to be disappointed when their new toy can't print out papers to turn in to their professors.
What If The Very Theory That Underlies Why We Need Patents Is Wrong?
7,500 shoppers sold their souls to GameStation
Please add me to the list. I love the concept! (And seeing it implemented) Thank you!

How would we be notified if we were chosen?
If IMVU was wildly successful like he says why did he leave so early?
It doesn't work very well. http://jim.studt.net/ipad-print.jpg
I was thinking more of the whole derivatives scam they were partially responsible for cooking up in the first place.

Those are clearly worthless, and account for a big chunk of the endowment.

They just can't bring themselves to admit it yet.

[Edit] I guess I'm shedding crocodile tears for them. I've no love lost for my alma mater, which, while academically valuable, is really nothing more than a soulless multinational corporation. They long ago gave up any semblance of trying to actually educate the whole man.
"1. Cheat sheets! I have a number of pieces of paper tacked to the wall with things I use and reference. It was easy to print out, and put up. The iPad cannot do this. 2. Compare several documents at once. An iPad cannot do this. Many iPads can. The cost, however, is prohibitive."

I was in a meeting with Apple reps once where we complained about the lack of a docking station for some users. Apple's suggestion: buy a laptop AND a desktop and replicate files between the two.
I haven't added that feature yet, but will probably do so in the future.
almost all the links at the top require sign-in. Also it I didn't realize that the green div on the right was click-able and where I actually wanted to go.
Cool, NOD32 blocked this site for me.
I'm curious--why the downvote?

Isn't this just the sort of test we've all faced at some point in our startup efforts?
The font face is beautiful: Universalis Std

http://benjamin-schweizer.de/wordpress/wp-content/themes/bla...
To what extent this methodology could scale? iow, is it really only for startups?
As do I. It's one of the best things about Android, I've found. Going back and forth between two applications directly is very, very efficient for using a mobile OS, I've found. I think the author is wrong in saying that it appears as a "random selection" of apps. If I'm using it, it's because I remembered that I was just using another app. I'm not using it for discovery; I'm using it as a shortcut.
One handed? So no pinch-to-switch-apps gesture? (it seems odd to point out one handed operation of an iPhone feature when so much of the reason people say it is superior are the things that require two hands to operate).
Why would someone who knows how to build and has built a successful startup want to go around consulting on how to build one? Copyrighting the phrase "Lean Startup" is a consultant's action, for e.g.
I think Apple is too busy counting their billions of dollars from ATT subsidized iPhones. If they lower the consumer price then they have to lower the price that ATT pays them as well.
Forgive me for my bitter cynicism (or don't), but I couldn't help but feel that the thesis of this article boiled down to the following quote: "My alma mater, Oberlin College, provides financial aid for as many as 70% of its students."

I have a sneaking suspicion that the author wrote this entire article to assert that Oberlin is a "top college." (I am agnostic / do not care at all on this matter.)

He does claim to answer the question of what your tuition money is really spent on: (a) he notes that salaries for tenured professors has increased, and (b) he addresses the fact that colleges are building fancy new dorms/athletic facilities/etc to increase student demand. Without evidence, asserts that your tuition pays for these. Without evidence, I would be inclined to believe that these are more likely to be funded by named endowments from private donors. Again, I feel that this thesis is merely ostensible, to justify his assertions about his alma mater.
There seem to be a lot of options for modern language translation, but it is not uncommon to come across a Latin quote on the internet, and I have yet to find a good easy to use Latin to English translation tool/site.
What makes you think all of them aren't working?
Wish we could zoom in or out; some addresses are way too far out to be interesting.
And the reason is.... drumroll Supply and demand! Wow. Insightful.
Open Source Entrepreneurship & the Virtual Founder Community
no doubt, how does this make the top list???
I am reminded of Steve Yegge's line "ONLY BUILD STUFF FOR YOURSELF" in his really long essay.
http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2008/08/business-requirement...
I'm pretty sure I was clearly referring to the iPad and similar devices. Even the original comment was referring to the iPad and Kindle. As it stands now, the iPad can't do these things. You can't resize windows. Sticky notes on an iPad don't solve real problems, or replace real solutions. As for you never dealing with co-workers physically doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.
Groupon Math: Data scraping to estimate revenue
Techcrunch misses on some of the small details.

For instance:

"... he shouldn’t have claimed that Bootup Labs was running out of money (which he did in the original title of his blog post)." [emphasis mine]

I believe that the part in italics should read "original title of his HN submission."

The article also states that Bootup Labs responded in the comments on HN. I haven't read every single comment, but I think Techcrunch is confusing a copy-and-paste of the blog comment by someone not associated with Bootup Labs with a response by Bootup Labs itself. Here's a link to the comment: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1266863
If you're competent, you will be seen as competent.
It's probably a joke but could/does this actually work? Logical me wonders if you inverted the text to high contrast (white on black). Would the glare cause just whiteness to be photocopied? But maybe if you lowered the contrast/brightness down to barely visible levels?
Might be simpler to just print directly from a map or sat view on to a store-bought envelope, using your printer's Envelope paper source.
To get from something I want to something other people want the link I see is that other people want what I want therefore I made something other people want.
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So 'the future' doesn't have any printer drivers?
An intern? The entire bit.ly team doesn't even amount to one single intern, because they clearly needed more than that to build this service at scale. Cmon, seriously?

Besides, why would Twitter want bit.ly's thousands of corporate clients who have custom shortened domains. You know, like the one Amazon announced today? Bit.ly has enormous traction--that's why Twitter would want to buy them. Now, why they didn't buy them is anyone's guess, but it certainly isn't because they could "have an intern write their own URL shortening service in an afternoon."
So researchers in Great Brittan discover that eye witness accounts are nearly worthless? I guess it's time to put cameras all over the country then, oh wait.
Pomplamoose: Making a living on Youtube
I can see it now!

Rep: You want to compare several documents at once! Great, the iPad makes this easy!!!! Just buy more iPads!

Me: Wouldn't that get expensive?

Rep: Ink is expensive! On a per pound basis, iPads are less expensive then ink. So you'd be saving lots of money!

Rep 2: Just sign here (Pointing with pen to the paper contract)
Lagging Psychology at Turning Points
Maybe turning the backlight all the way down would help?
The only time I was ever told to "think outside the box" it was because, in my arrogance and hubris, I stubbornly refused to believe or accept something that was completely untenable.
deals fall through.
Thirded. It's awful that these two had to go through this, but on top of the awful experience, it happened as a result of moving to what I believe is the most beautiful city in the world. Being so excited for something and having it turn into an unmitigated disaster is depressing.

Believe me when I say the whole tech community here feels awful about this. Don't let it sour you on our city!
Maybe. I don't think the idea is to avoid getting it right the first time. :-) I think the point is not to be afraid to evolve if you find out you didn't get it right initially.
It's so that freelancers can be contacted directly without going through the site. Currently, emails are obfuscated with javascript, but I should really add the option to hide emails (or only expose them for translators).
Has anyone worked with the military or have military experience? 
Some fascinating demographics about a transient population:

Vets, spouses, active and reserve constitute 45.5M people

Service members move twice as often than the general population

Average service member moves once every three years

Service members live in the communities around the base

63% of service members live off-post

66% of military spouses hold full time jobs on the base or surrounding community

Veterans Affairs data indicates the majority of veterans retire near military bases
Universities need to be conservative and guard their wealth. They outlast countries. It's important they be stable, many schools aim for cheap and fast which is fine but at the first bump in the road they hit serious problems.
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Yeah, usually the Irish Heather (http://irishheather.com/).
I love where this is going. I now use Chrome's Dev channel or a WebKit nightly for development, and only launch Firefox/Firebug to do compatibility testing.

Although I still have a ton of respect for Firefox's rendering engine, the browser just feels wrong on the Mac -- not to mention it's slow launch times. The Inspector Panel has caught up to Firebug's functionality in many areas and is now starting to surpass it.

What kills me is launching IE in a VM and discovering how archaic its developer tools are.
This is a great idea, it'd be nice if there was a formal mechanism on HN for putting stuff up for free. I'd only give something away for free to someone who had a decent presence on the site, but I've got lots of hardware laying around, sticks of excellent RAM, hard drives, etc that I'll never do anything with.
This is probably associated with the 'loose weight' theme. It means: "Drink water instead of coke or some other sugary drink."
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Well maybe they work a little, but the number of fat people I see every day (starting with myself in the mirror) suggests they could work better.
Yea but most of them are .net -
I need .coms!
But senior, tenured faculty at elite schools are firmly entrenched in the well-compensated professional class (top salaries at elite schools often exceed $150,000; and for scholars in economics, business and law schools, earnings can be substantially in excess of that) with superior benefits, such as university-subsided housing, lifetime heath care and seven-figure retirement accounts. Once tenure has been achieved, generally after less than ten years of work, top college teachers face no professional risk and, by and large, teach three or fewer courses a semester.

3 courses per semester is a lot of work if you're doing it right, especially when you consider the amount of time research can take. 8-10 hours per week is a good estimate of the amount of time each class takes.

Also, very few professors make $150k-- those are the stars-- and they tend to be in their late 30s if not 40s. Academic pay is 1/5 to 1/10 of what it is in other industries (and yes, it's harder to become a tenured professor than to make $1 million/year on Wall Street).

American tuition is ridiculous, but overcompensation of teaching staff is not the problem. With tuition at $40,000/year for 10 classes, that's $4000 per class. If average class size is 25, that's $100k for 150 hours of the professor's work ($667/hour). So a professor is bringing in $500+k through teaching alone. For that professor to be making $65k (more realistic than the $150k figure) is not overcompensation.
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I think older founders might actually be at an advantage in some ways. Someone else in this thread mentioned that one of the problems with organic startup ideas is that so many aspiring startup founders have similar interests and are at similar stages in their life. Maybe that could be an advantage for older startup founders. They're more likely to have interests (and therefore itches to scratch) outside of the typically crowded startup scene. If my theory is correct, it'd also similarly be an advantage for organic startup founders who are woman, or who live far outside the valley, etc.
I'm kind of confused about the placement of the marker and personal note. In most cases, I open envelopes by tearing the topmost fold, which would cut the connection between the place marker and the message.
Fixed in Java 1.6.0_20 released today. Go get it.
Exactly. How many times do we have to read articles where it is clear the author thinks GNU/Linux is a business. More users is not the goal of GNU/Linux. Making a better operating system for those people that contribute code, support other users, and LIKE the system is the goal. It will be a small number of people relative to the Windows and Mac worlds. That's OK because it is large enough to be self sustaining.

As a FOSS developer the number I care about is how many other developers there are, not how many users there are.

I agree we should have better drivers, but you basically have companies that do absolutely nothing to help or purposely discourage open source drivers (which for commodity hardware like network cards is mind boggling, at least for graphics cards there is a reason). I've also run into companies that say they are giving out drivers or docs for their hardware, but the documentation is wrong. It is far from easy.

And you say it much better than I can: " I do think that you're missing the point if you switch to Ubuntu or any other free OS with the expectation that you can keep laboring in ignorance of what your computer does. Free software communities don't need such users, and while they may be happy to help them for a time, they can't afford to help someone who won't help themselves forever."

And I really don't understand why this stuff gets pinned on Linux so hard but not on other operating systems. My Windows 7 install doesn't come back from hibernate without blue screening, and had issues with some of my hardware. Both are common attacks on Linux. Maybe the real problem is neither OS but the crappy hardware vendors that make buggy products and ship them anyway.
One of my favorite designers. Interesting to hear him talking about creating the tools to create the design.
Like the author I didn't have great luck with the Follow Finder... http://whoshouldifollow.com gives better results even though it seems a bit out of date. MrTweet also does a better job here.
Apple's approach is closer to a folder metaphor than Lukas's. http://goo.gl/NMhl
Thanks! It was designed by kotan @99designs:
http://99designs.com/people/kotan

About the Orders and Jobs links.. I've been annoyed in the past with the UI completely changing for some sites after logging in (especially the main navigation buttons).

I'll have to think of something to put there :)
Library of Congress to house your tweets
Tim O'Reilly came up with a colorful way to describe the same concept back in 1995: "fishing with strawberries". He explained how he ignored the tired business school cliché about how you should bait your hook with worms, rather than things that you personally find tasty.

http://tim.oreilly.com/articles/straw.html

Money quote: "But that's just what we've always done: gone fishing with strawberries. We've made a business by offering our customers what we ourselves want. And it's worked!"
From her book:
"All of Africa is poor. But not all of Africa has very high rates of HIV. HIV reaches very high levels only in areas where there are lots of simultaneous sexual partnerships, lots of untreated STIs and lots of uncircumcised men".

Here is the geographic distribution of male circumcision
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Global_Ma...

80-100% in most of West Africa.

Western countries such as Sweden have had education on the real causes of HIV transmission for many years, and encourage use of condoms, discourage sharing needles.

Brazil has had a fine response to HIV, including refusing to sign the US's 'loyalty oath' to receive PEPFAR money. This requires the recipient country to sign a statement saying they oppose prostitution. Brazil chose instead to regulate it, and lost $US50million in funding.

The author is an epidemiologist, who has lived in Kenya and Indonesia, working with gays, prostitutes and drug users (as well as 'waria' for whom we don't even have a word). She has been an author of many of the reports of UNAIDS itself. To dismiss the article as 'just wrong' appears misguided.

I'd really recommend you read her book- it's very readable.
That's fine, if you never want Linux to be mainstream.

But some people do seem to want Linux to be mainstream - and that means making it usable by exactly those people who don't actually want to learn about computers, they just want to use them to get something done.
mstevens: I would hazard that most people are fat because of their economic condition. That is, they can only afford cheap foods, which are mostly fatty.
My dad was in the Army most of his adult life. I was in the Navy six years.

We moved. I moved.

We lived on and off base, mostly off. I lived on and off ship, mostly off.

My mom had a few odd jobs off base but mostly didn't work. My (ex) wife had full time jobs off base.

My dad retired near-ish a few military bases, but it was more because of the ties he'd made in the community while stationed there.

And?
It's good to see someone change their mind.
Some say that disease prevention is the best cure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone#Prevention
Rarely is not an absolute.Rarely leaves room for outliers,
And before rarely, i added i think, making it clear i have no evidence to back this up.

Only - is an absolute. You made no effort to indicate it was an opinion but you present it as an absolute truth.
I like that the submitted site has a "send me an email" link. I didn't see a privacy policy posted (that's usually de rigueur for a website that asks for personal information), so I sent a question asking what the privacy policy was for users who submit their personal address.

Edit for update: I received this answer to my question:

"The policy is that we don't do anything with it whatsoever.

--
Stephen Hallgren"

That might be a good thing to say explicitly on the site, with the usual "privacy" link text.
I guess this prints Google Maps on it? How can this be legally fine? Google Maps is not even remotely "free" for such things. OpenStreetMap data however would allow it with attribution.