skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Based on the fact that CodeIgniter is up there, I think we can assume that this survey is oversampling PHP developers. The post doesn't say much about their methodology for distributing surveys, but I'm guessing not too many landed at the financial (web) software firm my friend works at - 500 developers strong, all working in .NET. My impression of bias is further strengthened by the numbers working in OS X. While I believe that more than 50% of PHP/Ruby on Rails developers are using Macs, I don't think that number will hold up when Java and .NET devs are included.

Or maybe it will. Who knows? Point is, unless they share their data collection methodology, this survey could just as likely be representative of the 1,400 folks who follow web directions on twitter.
I'm not sure why people are so offended by what Facebook has done. They've just made the information people made publicly available already easy to parse for computers. Full disclosure: I had no way to prepare for Facebook's new features and I haven't change a single privacy settings since it launched. I just used this site to check what was publicly available for the first time and none of it was a surprise except my events and I don't feel invaded in any way. Feel free to browse around my profile.

http://zesty.ca/facebook/#/aroon
"the catholic church threatened excommunication"

How dare they threaten to remove someone from their own organization!
Nerds are unpopular because people don't like to hang out with anyone who is much more intelligent than they are. This transcends any arguments about social ineptness or pursuing popularity. If you're 30+ IQ points above your peers, you would need an awful lot of social skills to make them feel comfortable being around you. Let's say you're a theoretical physicist and you meet someone who has an average intellect. The first thing they ask you is "What do you do?" If you say (truthfully) "I work on supersymmetric string theories in order to unify all the fundamental forces of the universe" (or whatever; I'm not a physicist). You want the other person to say "Wow, that's cool!" What actually goes through their head is "Oh my God! This person's main interest in life is something that I not only do not understand, but _could not_ understand no matter how hard I try!" Then they just want to get away from you as fast as they can, because being around you makes them feel diminished. This is why nerds are unpopular in high school. If you're a nerd in high school, and you're lucky, you'll get shunned. If you're unlucky, you'll get beaten up.
Right, and I believe that educating people about the real risks involved with drunk driving will prevent more of those deaths than punishing people who have already demonstrated the poor judgment in doing that in the first place.

I fully agree with permanently barring someone from driving after they kill someone while drunk driving, but tacking on 'pre-meditated' to the original crime is nonsense.
The leaders page is interesting: http://web.archive.org/web/20070406233614/news.ycombinator.c...

I think I've gotten more karma on some posts than existed in the system at that time :)
This gets even more embarrassing if you're used to typing in dvorak. I can never remember the actual keys I use to perform certain actions - my fingers obviously know how, but my brain has no longer retained the actual mapping. And I can't just look down at the keyboard to figure out which key it is, since I don't have a dvorak keyboard, just remapped the qwerty one to use the dvorak layout.
The data's one thing, but they took all his hardware. Hard to back that up remotely.
I did something similar some years ago. It works a bit like playing a simple version of Tetris:
http://www.phoboslab.org/files/grid-solver/demo/

I have to admit though that masonry looks much more flexible. My solution was specifically crafted to display images in different sizes, based on their "importance".
Its interesting you put things so black and white. I'm not sure its the case.

Take me for instance. I value privacy quite a lot, I don't even read my gmail over http, I'm always on the https site. :-)

However, given that the internet is populated with Ads, I'm more than happy to give the entire world a list of movies, music, bands, clothing brands, hobbies, etc. that I have so I don't keep seeing irrelevant, annoying ads.

I'd be happy if amazon obnoxiously let me know when a new CD from one of the bands I enjoyed came out, or that new movie by my favorite director was released on Blue Ray.

What I don't want, is the web knowing that I commented on such and such's wall, or that I'm attending my sister's surprise birthday party.

I think a internet with ads that doesn't infringe on privacy is possible.
I am actually waiting for a scss stable release before I switch to sass. I want to work as closely to the original css syntax as possible.
> Christian extremists are quite willing to issue death threats against abortion practitioners and such.

Some Christian extremists are willing to issue such threats, and pretty much all Christians are criticized as a result. (See the above for an example.) Moreover, many Christians do condemn such threats. (That doesn't fit the narrative, so it doesn't get much play and they don't get any credit, but they still keep doing it.)

With Islam, not so much. (The closest we get is that the most heinous acts by folks who just happen to be named Mohammed are excused by their co-religionists with "they were provoked".)

Is the difference because Christians haven't killed enough people yet? Or is it that Islam is "the other"? Or what?
Thank you! Ha, the green glow, right?
What really is a shame is that your comment regarding this submission--which isn't entirely on the mark--is what is at the top of the comments and taking away from the discussion which I am finding (and I'm sure others) very passionate and enlightening.

Sorry, the only thing I added was "Great". The title is the original and adding NYT Op-Ed let the HN user know it was an Op-Ed.

While I understand your concern and deciding to quote from the guidelines, I don't believe adding just the word "Great" was misleading or breaking the rules...

And well, this may be where I get flamed, but if you want to be technical, it isn't a "parenthetical remark".

Either way, point taken.
I suspect Facebook's mission is to ease people away from their privacy willingly.
If by credible you mean not a raging anti-Semite, then no.
I'm sure his employer can kick over $300 to buy a netbook to tide him over given the circumstances.
what bothers me is not that people can see what I've rsvp'd to, but that they can see what I've been invited to, but ignored (unless i remove that event, which must be done manually for each event).

My friends invite me to a lot of events that I _never_ want to publicly be associated with, but unless I specifically remove this event, the whole world can see it.
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The proper argument is the American ideal of personal liberty. Our rights are only supposed to be curtailed in situations where the expression of one's rights negative impacts another. The plant being non-toxic, this does not happen.

An appeal to an undefined "common sense" is unnecessary.
"voluntarily" is a touchy issue in this subject.

My point is not about whether, given the facts, you could make accurate conclusions. My point is that no internet article on this subject can give you the facts on which to base an accurate conclusion.
Can I suggest you reread your statement and think about it again?

Liberty is not only possible to infringe on via government involvement. If someone made a decision to avoid violence against him/her, that is not a free choice. What difference does it make if they are avoiding imprisonment by a state or private violence?
The only one I really feel sorry for here is Chen's wife. He at least gets to be the guy who broke this story. She gets to make wife-face at him for the next 4 months.
I assume you're implying that I missed the words "to/from its audience" in your comment. But when I read the headline "Facebook is a Ponzi scheme," why would I assume the author was claiming that the audience, rather than advertisers, were the victims of the Ponzi scheme?

What's more, I wrote that Facebook solicits funds "from advertisers, and from users who want to send virtual gifts to their friends." You chose to leave that last part out.

It's up to you whether you listen to me or not.
No. If south park had shown Muhammad, and someone had gotten killed because of it, the only people to blame would be the ones who killed them, not anyone involved with south park.

As cliche as it is, if we let them dictate what we do and do not do, the terrorists win.
> So what if Stone and Parker just announce to the world they are now Muslim?

Nope. Then their "unIslamic" behavior would be apostacy and blasphemy, which are always taken more seriously when committed by "the faithful".
Except that excommunication simply let you know you had removed yourself from the Church, and was a call to repentance. (Same today, though it's rarely used.)

No physical threats, no violence, just a formal reminder from the Church that by your actions you're essentially cutting yourself off. If that didn't bother you, so be it.
It's fundamentally the same as the classic "found wallet". If it isn't claimed, it reverts to "finders keepers". So I have no idea why people are voting you down.
Never, ever, ever "assume" that the matter is settled, when it comes to money. Always follow up and ensure that all bills are paid or at least any misunderstandings are cleared up.

It's clear that there was a mix-up between this guy and Microsoft, and it's very, very likely that the initial error was on Microsoft's side. But he compounded that error by repeatedly not following up, not investigating the invoice (I'm sure that he would have been able to find a reader for the invoice, had he really tried), and finally by actually paying the amount.

The last, though, is the least of the problems. Settling for $150 is probably way, way easier than actually pursuing and correcting the matter years too late.
...illegally (worth putting in the headline methinks).

Surely Apple's counsel knows US law. I don't think they're that dumb, but it surprises me they're that unethical. Then again, Gizmodo are creeps too - maybe they're suited for each other.
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They're probably after the guy who sold it to Gizmodo since he didn't act in good faith.
yes sir!
No. The holocaust, not a nazi cameo.
And if you make it illegal, aren't you paying to enforce that law, and put an offender in jail?

I personally don't buy the cost argument.
You do have a point that America is litigation happy, not really sure how to solve that. :)
oh please don't pretend to be naive and as if you know all the legal implications of what happened
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I prefer not to discuss medical matters in public, but anyone in need of a peer is welcome to email.
Nick Denton, the Gawker Media CEO tweeted an interesting question:

Do bloggers count as journalists? I guess we'll find out. Police raid Gizmodo editor's home: http://gizmodo.com/5524843/*

http://twitter.com/nicknotned/status/12902208226
That's it! Looks like a developer took the initiative because apart from that the design is neat :D
I see. By virtue of lacking a certain set of experiences, you conclude that I must be irrational. You apparently believe this because you imagine I said someone should have gone to college (not sure when I said this, but whatever).

I'm done here.
Seems kind of... excessive.

Granted, I guess if you want to see someone's email correspondence, this is the only way to do it.
While I've argued in several places that Gizmodo should face the penalty for what they've done (buying stolen property, then taunting Apple with it), this doesn't seem like the right way to go. As Derbyshire points out, it's illegal to seize computers used for journalism, and I would argue that, regardless of the quality of Gawker's work, Jason Chen counts as a journalist. I can only hope the court agrees.

I want to see Gizmodo get penalized for this, but if the choice is between that and ignoring the rights of journalists, it's not worth it.
What programs is it not backward-kill-word in?
I didn't get to see the tool. It found other HNers with similarities to an user?
Gizmodo points out that the warrant was invalid because it violated section 1524(g) of the California State Penal Code:

(g) No warrant shall issue for any item or items described in Section 1070 of the Evidence Code.

Section 1070 of the Evidence Code reads:

(a) A publisher, editor, reporter, or other person connected with or employed upon a newspaper, magazine, or other periodical publication, or by a press association or wire service, or any person who has been so connected or employed, cannot be adjudged in contempt by a judicial, legislative, administrative body, or any other body having the power to issue subpoenas, for refusing to disclose, in any proceeding as defined in Section 901, the source of any information procured while so connected or employed for publication in a newspaper, magazine or other periodical publication, or for refusing to disclose any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving or processing of information for communication to the public.

(b) Nor can a radio or television news reporter or other person connected with or employed by a radio or television station, or any person who has been so connected or employed, be so adjudged in contempt for refusing to disclose the source of any information procured while so connected or employed for news or news commentary purposes on radio or television, or for refusing to disclose any unpublished information obtained or prepared in gathering, receiving or processing of information for communication to the public.

(c) As used in this section, "unpublished information" includes information not disseminated to the public by the person from whom disclosure is sought, whether or not related information has been disseminated and includes, but is not limited to, all notes, outtakes, photographs, tapes or other data of whatever sort not itself disseminated to the public through a medium of communication, whether or not published information based upon or related to such material has been disseminated.

I am not a lawyer, but I would point out that even though the description of evidence to be seized was extremely vague, the cops can seize the items on it, since the warrant was not specifically for the items mentioned in 1070. If the computer media contains such items, they are not admissible as evidence in a trial. Other data, such as proof of a felony (the reason for the warrant), should be, IMO.
On Windows, here's a neat free little program: http://luci.criosweb.ro/riot/

This way you can instantly try out different jpg/gif/png formats and see their visual and quality impact.

Also, something to beware is pre-packaged icons. We were an icon pack, and on examination, found some of the PNG icons were vastly larger than they should possibly be. A 16x16 pixel PNG was 5K instead of a few bytes.
Several sites have posted excerpts of California's penal code detailing how not returning lost property is equivalent to theft.

Between that and the half-assed attempts of the "finder" to try to return the phone, according to California state law, the phone is almost certainly considered stolen.
So much for the 'clever marketing ploy' theory.
I had no idea there was an interesteon HN for what I am doing. Even though HN is my favorite place to hang out.

The previous mockup post showed people could find this cool.

This is the Hacker Friendliest solution that's out there, made with Hacker love.
In many states, you can be held in contempt FOREVER. The issue with truecrypt type things is you can never prove it is gone, therefore you can get stuck in contempt with no way to stop it.

If you Google enough, you'll see a guy in jail for contempt for 10 years because the judge didn't believe there aren't hidden foreign assets in a divorce case...
This will be very interesting to watch unfold. According to Gizmodo's letter to the Detective, they seem to feel that there is a legal precedence set for treating bloggers as journalists under the law in CA state. Both companies are based out of CA. But then again, so is the EFF; I wonder if we will see them step in.

Gizmodo definitely saw this coming. If the pre-written legal defense doesn't give it away, they very publicly bought stolen property and (very likely) profited by doing so.
AFAIK, seized hardware is usually returned years later, if ever.
Im going to kill my other posts because they were rushed and incoherent. But this is my more careful response.

Im disappointed the above thread has got so much support when it is fatally flawed.

The problem with extremism is that punishing the perpetrators is pretty irrelevant as a solution to the issue because, for the most part, they don't care (or to put it more bluntly: nothing you do can negate what God will provide them).

What we need is a solution to the problem of extremist groups.

The comparison to hostages is wrong; it is more like saying "this is the decision between should I go to a hostage risk area or not?".

It is a personal choice and I think what I am mostly saying is: we should individually consider whether our actions/comments are simply inciting the situation. If that is the case it may be reasonable simply not to say it (an example; if things are getting heated in a bar and you think the other guy is an airhead saying it to his face might not be the most sensible way to make your point).

Or more succinctly: why should we hand them ammunition if we don't have to? As you say; they will pick out all manner of grievances but that's not an argument for increasing their choice. Indeed in the case of parodies it is problematic; because it is legitimate to feel angered by them, and extremists can use that to say "hey, so our violence is legitimate".

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
">" is the indent command. Repeat it ">>" to indent the current line. Use any other vim ranging construct (e.g. ">2j") to indent wider ranges--i.e. the current line plus two lines below.

"=" is the autoindent command. Vim recognizes many languages and you can give it plugins to understand more. Use "==" to autoindent the current line. My personal favorite, "gg=G", jumps to the top of the document and autoindents the entire thing. One time at work I was gently reminded how many spaces I was supposed to indent per the company's coding standard. I quickly set the relevant editor parameters and with four keystrokes my code was compliant.

I think there's a code-folding ability but I've never used it.
New Yorkers can attest that Time Warner Cable = nukular buttfail.

Large business corporations, as I've said before, are a wonderful way to provide the worst of both worlds between capitalism (greed, high prices) and communism (apathy, poor service).
We may see Apple challenge the precedence in CA that bloggers should be treated as journalists under the law.
Indenting? Heck yes. '=' will indent for you. You just have to give it a movement.
=j means 'indent this line and the next'
=% means 'indent to the matching brace'
=/foo mean 'indent to the next occurrence of foo'
1G=G means 'go to the first line and indent until the last one'
If you want specific rules for indenting file types, you can put stuff in your .vim/indent/ folder to define them
Also, we're building an App Store on top of it. If you want to try it out let me know.
South Park parodies stupid and foolish behavior. Being massacred is not stupid nor foolish, it is tragic. A completely unbalanced, bastardized form of political correctness is quite foolish and stupid.
My point was that when the company is the founders, it's not really possible to separate loyalty to the founders and loyalty to the company. At that point, it's very possible that the founders/company will act out of loyalty to you rather than purely out of self-interest, at least until their ability to do so runs out.

And I disagree vehemently that one should feel no loyalty to their startup. I know of at least one startup that has run out of money without sacking their employees, and the employees agreed to waive their pay until the startup was able to get its cashflow going again. Had they all immediately bailed as you seem to imply they should have, that startup would be dead now. Instead, I believe its current valuation is around a billion.

I would hope my employees would do the same for me.
> Surely Apple's counsel knows US law

Was this a typo? The search was conducted by police, not Apple. This is a criminal matter, not a civil one.
In vim it is the first part of a sequence for manipulating windows. This mindset can conflict with e.g. firefox, in which ctrl-w closes a window. (particularly if there are multiple firefoxes/tabs open)

Edit: That should be close tab, not close window, c-shift-w is window.
I agree. What is the point? The guy was just doing his job.
Disassembling the phone and posting pictures on the Web for profit then returning the phone counts as good faith?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War_casualties

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Yes, to a point. But there is an element of blame too; they must know what reaction their actions would provoke - and yet they choose to continue with them.

There is, perhaps, only a small portion of blame - but it is akin to throwing a red cape between a bull and a man with his back turned.

I think it is morally justified to think: "if I say this will some idiots try to kill other people? perhaps I should tone it down"
Seems a bit overkill? JUST for a moment, forget about the your bias on Gizmodo or Apple...

When's the last time you or someone you know reported something stolen, knew who took it and possibly had just as much evidence of who has possession, and there was no search warrant and raid done on your behalf?

I experienced several examples where there was video evidence of the theft, the value of the goods were anywhere between $1000 to $5000, there was identification of the person and there was nothing remotely as swift or stern taken here to recover.
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They could subpoena the hosting company if it's web/hosted email (ala Gmail).
> Sniffing around pisses people off. Sniffing around is often interpreted as micromanagement, a passive aggressive way of stating, “I don’t believe you can do your job.”

Too true. There are a lot of great things about managing engineers, but once or twice I've had direct reports who get extra-pissy when I would ask for details. ... details which, in fact, were vital to dig into, because once I had these details I found out that there were huge areas of rot in the structure of the plan.
It is in the nature of denial that one is unaware both of what is denied and of the denial itself. Only when denial is relinquished does one realise that the it was both real and voluntary.
My impression is that rebase is used as a palliative to a short coming of log history display. It would be indeed useful to be able to show only key merges/commits log messages. This would imply adding some kind of level to the logs so that they can be collapsed like function code in modern code editors.
what a great story! I can't believe the obstacles that were placed before you guys...here's wishing you and the team all the success in the world
Read up on the lost property laws in California. The person who found it had an obligation to return it to the proprietor of the bar, who had an obligation to return it to the original owner for the next three years. Under the law, it was stolen.
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In the same vein it seems totally ridiculous that we use the pinky finger to hit ctrl. Surely there are better ways.