skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
From: http://men-in-full.livejournal.com/111937.html referring to additional photos there:

The image was taken by a photographer probably during the 1890s-1910 era. The cabinet photo measures approx. 4" x 6". It pictures a super view of a young man and woman, but both of a very large size! The back of the photo read "Chauncey Morlan, Age 25, Wt 602, Wife age 22, Wt 526". A quick "google" search revealed that they were a circus side show attraction of some type. The photographer turned out to be famous circus / sideshow / freak photographer Wendt of Boonton NJ. He was famous for his rare images of midgets, giants, fatmen, sword swallowers, jugglers and bearded ladies!

Chauncy Royse Morlan and Annie Bell were married in 1892 at Huber's Museum in New York. Afterward the couple toured with the Barnum & Bailey Circus in Europe. Upon returning to the US, they continued to travel as the fattest married couple in the world "with a combined weight of 912 pounds". During the off season the Morlans returned to their home in Indianapolis, Indiana - Chauncy's home state. Annie would die at age 31, and Chauncey at age 43.
Good work! That's $165.57 per day. Which is $60,473 per year! Nice.
And then they went sueing other people over it.

Not arbitrarily. The prior licensing arrangement between Apple and Microsoft is central to that case.

And it seems that Xerox didn't actually think they gave Apple this permission

Xerox sued Apple, yes--but as even the Wikipedia article points out, it had much more to do with benefiting from the precedent that the case might have established than with anything they thought before. It's more evident--by the fact that they waited so long--that they didn't think they could deny permission (i.e. that 'look and feel' was subject to copyright, as Apple believed)--which ultimately is what the court effectively decided.
yes. Because i'd totally trade space (cheap, because my phone supports microSD) for battery live
It's free and cross-platform with collaboration and annotation features ... yep, Papers was a waste of money (Papers did finally fix the bug, so it starts without crashing now that I don't use it).

On the other hand signing up created a public social network profile, subscribed me to a newsletter and updates, and seems to offer no way to delete the account. Great, I just wanted to play with the software.
How bit.ly is living in a multiplatform world, and not just Twitter
Most people would take this as a simple joke, but I think there's far more to it. Not the idea of 'soul ownership', but the fact that there exist essentially NO consumer protections whatsoever when it comes to these "digital licenses" that the gaming industry is increasingly using. With these licenses, gamers are stripped of nearly every single right they would retain if they had bought the game in retail form. It would be illegal in most countries for the sellers of any retail product to restrict the rights of the consumer in the way that game companies do to gamers. No seller can forbid you from selling the product you buy to someone else. With game licenses, they do. No seller can forbid you from using the product and then giving it to a friend. With game licenses, they do. No seller can forbid you from allowing a friend to borrow the item. With game licenses, they do. The list goes on, and is quite long.

As more and more transactions take place involving 'licenses' instead of transfer of traditional goods, we are losing a tremendous amount of freedom with how we interact with and use our purchases. I think it would be a good idea for people to start standing up and talking to their representatives about the need for consumer protection laws in the arena of digital licenses. The way it is going, we'll only end up with such things if the companies end up crossing the line and doing something entirely legal that would infuriate the general public to a great degree, such as Apple locking every iTunes customer out of music they already bought a license for until they paid another $1 per track to re-purchase access to it. That would be completely legal and within their rights, and the consumers would have no legal grounds to comaplin at all. They signed away their rights. In EVERY other area of commerce, there are laws preventing consumers from even being capable of signing away such rights, and preventing sellers from exploiting their customers in such ways. Not digital media, though. There are no protections at all when it comes to 'licenses.'
Hopefully someone important will pay attention and do away with the sillyness of user agreements.

I don't have to sign one when I buy my food, electronics or whatever...
Some of the history and purpose of "Hello World"
I found good discussion on the ebook he is selling here http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-special-offers-forum/199...
Ask HN: what Twitter apps do you use regularly or recommend?
There are so many Twitter apps, including mashups that it can be hard to keep up with what's out and what's good.

What do you use and what would you suggest we check out?
That's an interesting point. I imagine the topic of virtual vs. physical consumption would make for a good thesis from some enterprising econ student. You focus on the externalities of waste. I agree that's important. Of course, the very fact that its socially looked down upon in comparison is relevant, as a lower reputation hurts one's economic prospects. Maybe that's a zero-sum game though.
Except in Wall-e
It would be great to keep such averages - but it was just a few of my best days like for now...
I find that I'm more productive if I take short breaks, and if I spend time staying informed on my industry. Hacker News fills both of these needs! I'm lucky enough to have managers who feel the same way.
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Not likely. Average life-expectancy at the time was about that, so there were plenty of people over 60.
So to clarify: almost all expenses (hardware purchases included) will be reimbursed 50% by the BC?

Can rent be substituted as mortgage (say working on your own garage)?
On a related note, I always feel awkward when people say "enjoy the long weekend" or something similar. Even before I started my own business, I never had a predictable weekends-off job schedule.
In Europe, and Scandinavia in particular, that man would sit at a point way, way beyond anything defined as normal or even plump.
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So, 100 years ago, this kind of weight was sideshow-worthy (and remember the other things one would see in a circus sideshow...); today, it wouldn't turn heads on a subway.

However: the US has become _more_ health-conscious in the past 100 years, not less. We must have something wrong, if concern for exercise and good nutrition goes hand-in-hand with this kind of obesity.

I think this is due, at least in part, to the drastic reduction of fat consumption relative to carbohydrates; but changes in lifestyle and in modes of entertainment must have something to do with it, too. No one mindlessly eats high-carbohydrate foods while playing poker, after all...

The increase in number of sedentary jobs relative to others probably has a role, too, but it must not be a very major factor on its own; otherwise, there would have been as much obesity among white-collar workers then as there is among everyone today.

There are things that man was not meant to know: not the coordinates of Cthulhu's tomb in the watery depths and the nature of spells to manipulate the Great Old Ones, but the unholy and arcane arts of transistors, CRTs, and low-fat yogurt.

[Edit: typo.]
Even 80 wasn't that exceptional.

In 1910 there were over 200,000 people in England & Wales aged over 80; about 1 in 170 of the population.

(Calculations based on data from http://www.mortality.org/)
No. I'd guess him at 99.5th percentile at least in the US, but you're right that he's not that out of the ordinary, given that we now have people who exceed 1000# and can't leave their houses.
The gesturing interface in MR does not solve the gorilla-arm syndrome problem. Gesture interfaces should be based on slight hand and face movement, maybe with voice cues.
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Sorry, "His Majesty", "The Chosen One", "The Messiah" or whatever his adoring fans call him.

"Someone will do something at some point" is just more typical dithering from this lame-duck president. In office but not in power, we say in England.
Interestingly, WALL-E really nails the reality of western man's search for perfected convenience.
I use a text editor, a shell, other tools. The idea that I want to fight is that linux is a far better environment or mac is far better than windows. I mean, just use what you want, but when you say "x" is better is just because (usually) you are mixing personal like/dislike with ideology (and in the IT community there is a lot of ideology: just think about apple...).
I don't care about Microsoft, and all these talks about "the tools" are all right until a certain point. Some times, I've to be honest, seems like talking with kids. I mean really you need ubuntu to do a good job? Maybe developing rails is a far better experience on linux for some reasons I don't know (I'n not a rails develoepr): so you'll use linux. People use linux as a server because is a unix-like platform costing no money. It's better than microsoft server. Good for them and for me because I also use linux. I use windows because I'm used to this platform, I need some tools are just on Windows and I don't like too much the Apple OS. But I've to be honest, I don't like also Steve Jobs and the ideology that Apple brings with its cult. So I'm religious as you. The important thing is to be aware of why you think in a certain way and why you take certain decisions. Tools are tools are tools.
so, Botticelli ladies were the photoshoped playmates of the time?
If you think that's anything remotely close to average, you have to get out of your country more often.

My mother really loved moving to Canada, because of that... over there she's not thought of as fat (heck, not even as overweight).

I weigh 175 lbs (80 kg) and for my height (5 foot 10 / 175 cm) I'm considered on the fat side for my country (Uruguay).

Whenever a fat consultant from the US comes, he is gaped at (much like the fat man on the freak show).. a TV figure from Argentina is famous precisely for being fat (Daniel "Tota" Santillán)

Edit: 3 other people made the point so far too.
I was giving you feedback mate. I'm interested and i'm listing the reasons why I didn't buy it.

I checked the PR of both your blog and the ebook page and it was below 4.

And you are flipping the PR 1 and PR 2 sites. As said in your ebook page copy, higher PR means more money when flipping. Why wouldn't you invest the few hours to make it into PR 4.

I'm sorry to say but your attitude is defensive and a turn off. To my comment and the other comments talking about design of the page, you come across as defensive.

Anyway good luck!
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> As for quantification of future risks, any individual drug has unknown future side effects.

Meh, I already made this point previously :)

Obviously there is no way to make 100% sure a drug is safe without tests lasting at least the average lifespan of a person (etc.). But I think we have a reasonable medium at the moment; some drugs have long term affects that slip through, but for now the benefit is tipped in favour of "consumers"

Clearly drugs will end up having uknown effects. We have to balance releasing drugs quickly with understanding the most immediate risks they present.

The immediate problem with your figures is that they deal with current drugs regulation. I imagine they are limited by the regulations - and so if you remove them the figure may start to creep up (as dangerously undertested drugs hit the market). How far does it have to go before it's too far?

No, I approve of the idea of exploring ways to reduce regulation and open up industry. But total removal; seems a bit of a slippery slope :)
if you regard effort on the part of the student as part of the pay, then colleges are segmented. hard sciences and humanities educations don't really resemble each other much.
I think I heard mentioned on art classes that fat equaled wealth, and so fat ladies might be desirable.

But you have a point.
makes L with fingers

Engage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jd1Ih8EUmw
Now that's one creepy livejournal community.
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My new blog: combines Statistical Analysis with Pop Culture. Thoughts?
Because what we all really want from our politicians is a focus on short-term bullshit that they can run the next campaign on.
Thanks. There was talk of introducing some kind of equivalent to the German UG in Austria a while back, but that project appears to have died for now. (The government are presumably too busy with the current round of raising taxes) There were also some kind of plans for a "mini" version of the EU-wide SE a while back, I'm not sure what happened to that.
They got a lot of shit for it at the time, too.

Every time I see everyone in a train or line looking down at their phones, I also can't help but think of Wall-e.
Since the majority of people in america have monday to friday jobs, and many do not wish to go have drinks on a tuesday, friday is a day to gather with friends. People who plan parties and events know that most people have more availability on fridays and weekends so they plan more parties and events on those days.
I wish posterous would commit to letting me add javascript in my template.
> or god-forbid, individuals

Why? Is there anything bad about giving individuals access to space?
Is your embedded software GPL-compliant? Binary Analysis Tool can tell you
the sum of the couple was around 900
But, they were not obese.
It's a good article overall, but fails to mention Sigil (http://code.google.com/p/sigil/) as an alternative to Adobe's InDesign and Thinkubator (disclaimer: I am a contributor to the Sigil project).

Sigil is a free and open source WYSIWYG epub editor which runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.
I stated explicitly, twice, that I think consumer protection is a good thing. I don't know how many more precautions you want me to take.

> not something one explicitly signs off on every time they buy a good or service.

Yes they do. Really, ask a lawyer.

> Few people ever read such laws in anything other than summarized form.

They don't need to, because they generally match consumers expectations in a given culture. Merchants and those engaging in B2B trade should however read them.

> In that case, it's a background framework for every transaction, and shouldn't require supplementary pages of legalese on every service purchase.

Exactly. You seem to have this image of contracts as being reams of paper wheeled around by paralegals. They are not just that. There are such things as oral and implied contracts and they are just as binding as written ones (but might be harder to enforce).

> You've merely redefined contract away from its accepted common usage into a legal nightmare that would drag commerce to a screeching halt

I don't know anyone for whom the accepted common usage of the word contract isn't also the legal one. And in the legal definition of the word contract, even buying a soda in a vending machine is entering into a contract. Never the less, commerce seems to be doing OK.
People here are exaggerating the fatness of the average American. Yes, obesity is an unsightly problem, but the man in that photo would still be a stand-out today-- just less of one. Instead of being someone we'd only see in a circus, he's the noticeably obese fat guy in the line at McDonalds.

He's definitely not sideshow-freak material today, but he'd definitely be the fattest person on an average subway car. I'd eyeball him at 350-400 pounds.

Also, one thing to keep in mind regarding the rightward tail is that, once you cross into the 400+ pound range, you're at constant risk of weight-related death, regardless of age. We can now keep people at that weight alive into their 50s and 60s at 500+ pounds. A hundred years ago, most of them would have died long before getting to the "circus-worthy" range (700+) today.
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> I was not a pornographer

How certain are you of this? Would you be able to successfully defend every photograph or email you have ever produced against obscenity charges? I think, if it came down to it, the courts could find a hell of a lot of inadvertent pornographers out there.

Note I said 'could': Selective enforcement of over-broad laws is a boon and a horrible threat, because it implies everyone is guilty of something, so the government could pound anyone who bothers them if it chose to.
Okay, I've made the jump. Now I feel the pain of those using audible or other non-mouse driven browsers when I stumble across a site (e.g. our very own Hacker News) that has multiple identical link texts that go to very different places.

It's slightly better in Vimium, with Vimperitor I try to type the unique number of comments on a story as a shortcut and end up following some random link.

Also, the default setting in Vimperitor to follow the link as soon as you type a key that uniquely identifies it crazy. It means you have to be paying attention to every link text on the page or else the remainder of your typing gets given to the next page as commands. You can :set fh=1 in order to force it to wait for enter.
Good luck bit.ly.
However, even if less than 1% of their shortened urls come from twitter.com, I bet that 99% come from 3rd party twitter clients. And there is no doubt twitter will release an api along with its own url shortener. At this stage, I bet 99% of twitter client will use it as the default shortener (the remaining 1 beeing tweetdeck who'll be forced to use bit.ly because betaworks is an investor in both).
In a nutshell, this is bullsh*t for the few corporates who've just gone pro and were most probably asking questions.
Replicating bitly's "real-time" tracking features will be a no-brainer for twitter, all the more they will have to do it for obvious advertisement tracking purposes (they will need to provide analytics to their advertisers).
So bit.ly is dead, but I have no doubt Jon Borthwick will manage to sell it to a clueless buyer after failing to agree on terms with twitter last december.
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Only if we beg the questions of whether the soul is indelibly human and whether it's physical.
Maybe, but your submission, 2 hours later, has got twice the karma but half the comments. Go figure. It's all random.
You can still see it. The only difference is that Apple doesn't stock it in their store.
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I had a Bangladeshi friend explain to me ~8 years ago that all the female Bangladeshi movie stars (not to be confused with Bollywood stars) were fat. For most of the population, being thin was a sign of not being able to afford much food, so fat women were the ideal. Just goes to show how subjective certain kinds of beauty are.
Free speech doesn’t seem to be very important for Apple

Let me know when they stop supporting the single most democratized mass communications medium the world has ever known.

we as a society should only allow that if we also force Apple to put everything in the App store which is covered by free speech.

You may not like what Apple chooses to sell, but if you want to replace their freedom to do so with the government, I don't really think you've thought that through.

ISPs, for example, shouldn’t be allowed to filter out whatever they want.

So...spam? Free speech, right?
"Mr. President" will do.
It's all about the headline. A good headline will generate twice the upvotes in half the time. A lot of great stories never make it to the front page because the headlines are terrible.
http://nsfw.in/ tries to make NSFW links a tad safer.
So what's this world wide web thing I keep hearing about?
Lots of people gave their lives for people to be free to call their democratically elected leader "dude". Unless you're interacting with the president in a professional context, it shouldn't matter at all what you call him (barring certain epithets and "Hitler").
yeah because advertising for teenagers showing just teenagers going to school really works.
This does make good steps in solving the problem of printing with devices that are more web/cloud-based. Of course, there are services like FedEx Print Online already that help to a degree.
To be "remains", it needn't be indelibly human, just originally human. (e.g. cremated ashes).

I don't think the rule specified that it had to be physical remains, although that would certainly make it easier to package.
Niche First, Expand Later.
What's the tri-color ad copy?
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And yet we're told not to editorialize, so I "wasn't allowed" to change the headline.

Additionally, the other story was already on the front page when this one was submitted.

Still, who cares.
Try this for the full text: http://www.google.com/search?q=%221200%2C+finishing+at+1210....
What I find quite funny about that is that for America, it will take 25 years to get to the Mars. In the meanwhile, my home town has been building a new subway line for the last 25 years and it's still far from being operational.
You might want to check out: http://builditwith.me/

I posted an idea on there a while back and got several responses from interested developers and designers.

In the end I decided that I wanted to work with someone who I could meet face to face and who I had a previous relationship with. I think it's hard to set this type of thing up through a website.
Ads will not do any good, to survive he must charge from some space threshold.
If we armed pleo with missiles and lasers (think of the 80's cartoon dino riders) I'm sure he could hold his own.
That is fantastic link-bait for their site. Well worth giving a few hundred customers a discount voucher.
Here in Portugal you can register a company for 350euro and it only takes 1hour to do it, the downside is that you have to chose your name from a pre-selected list.
If you want your own name it will take some more euros to register the name and the process can take a few more days.
You then have 5 days to get 5000euros in your bank account, that's the minimum capital required...
Superior for a particularly humorless, prudish type of consumer apparently, but I don't care about that. What I do care about is the stark discrepancy between what "hackers" claim to be and what turns out to be the truth.
My car doesn't have a stereo either.

Plan9 has three graphical web browsers but no, not CSS3 & JS. Russ doesn't even run a Plan9 terminal at all so he's not much of a benchmark.

If web browsing is what you use your computer for, then perhaps Plan9 is not for you.

Plan9 doesn't have anti-aliased fonts by default as it uses bitmap fonts. There are unofficial builds that use TTF fonts (I run one of those) and also some other NDA goodies. I think perhaps the TTF will migrate back into the main.
You want to do anything in the long term, you have to do something in the short term first.
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I don't doubt it. But the guy in the photo doesn't look to even be half that.
If only the silence meant that people were sharpening their pitchforks. Unfortunately, this is the USA -- we would rather die by a thousand paper-cuts than stand up and say "No!"...
And yet, people love Disneyland. I'm not trying to defend Apple here, but the majority of the public just doesn't care about "freedom" (in terms of things you can do with the device) if you give them a good experience.
It may seem small, but adding these lines to my vimrc have entirely broken my habit of scrolling with the arrow keys.

map <up> <nop>
map <down> <nop>
map <left> <nop>
map <right> <nop>
imap <up> <nop>
imap <down> <nop>
imap <left> <nop>
imap <right> <nop>

It may seem irritating at first, but in the end I argue it's worth it.