skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Some of the current top posts for each section:

Job creation:

"We should invent and patent more colors. Like fuchsia, but not that because it's already been invented."

Fiscal responsibility:

"Nationalize production of "Arrested Development" and reap the profits of the show owning."

American Values:

"Did Glenn Beck assault a young girl in 1990?"

National Security:

"Americans die in hurricanes and tornadoes. It's time to declare a War on Weather."

Speak Out:Start Your own Debate:

"1500 characters maximum is hardly enough to explain the extent of failure that this website has enabled."
This article missed half the point and doesn't quite capture what was said in the TED talk. Earning above $60,000 a year doesn't affect the happiness of the experiencing self. But as Kahneman goes on to say, it certainly affects the happiness of the remembering self. So a lot of money wont affect how happy you are at a particular moment, but it does affect how happy you are with your life as a whole.
With my Aussie ATM, I chose English the first time and it started remembering ever since.
Can you elaborate on this? I'm really interested in the type of work that you did and your negotiating process. Was it software development? What type of companies did you work with?
I'm surprised they went with CodeRay rather than a more fleshed-out highlighting library. They only list 20 or so supported languages, whereas something like Pygments (which Github uses) supports closer to 100.
Manufactoria: A computer science teaching game
I guess my question is whether that type of testing is worthwhile. It seems to create a lot of brittle test cases where renaming or moving something can cause a bunch of tests to break, creating extra maintenance overhead, while not actually telling you all that much.
This doesn't seem like a problem for Apple. Apple doesn't need more developers or faster apps. I guess that if the reason people weren't buying Android devices because of slow apps this could be a threat, but I haven't heard anyone say that slow apps were the reason for not buying an Android device.
Ask HN: Contracting marketplaces in the UK? 
Running low on cashflow with our bootstrapped operation, I'm looking into doing some freelancing work in London.

However, most of the contracting websites I know of, tend to describe contracts in terms of skills required; whereas I tend to excel (both in selling, and building) in turning concepts into finished products.

This dissonance has been bugging me for a while, so here I turn to the nice HN community: Which contracting sites would you recommend for UK-based freelancers, where jobs are described in terms of WHAT to build?
17 Things I Believe: Updated and Expanded - Bob Sutton
The Windows Era is over...
The Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner invites comedians knowingly. Wanda Sykes was a speaker for Obama's first one.
I would ask the opposite question. Why are y'all still using C++? C _is_ faster from what I understand, and Java is basically a better, safer replacement for C++ (and equally as fast on big enough applications).

Steve Yegge has some great thoughts about how C++ should die, in favor of Java (not that he likes Java either, though he loves the JVM).
Further, people with your typical high-powered "successful" jobs are almost without exception routinely drug-tested, so they are forced to make a choice between continuing to smoke and having their careers. Talk about selection bias...that's not even factoring in the illegality of the thing, which strongly biases the sample of smokers towards those with less to lose if they were caught.
I really hope so. Blackboard is unbelievably horrible. It's destructive.
In other news, water is wet, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco is STILL dead.
Uh, what? I've never heard of a (programming) job requiring a drug test. It's just not all that illegal anymore -- doctors prescribe it and you get it at a state-certified pharmacy.

The only FUD your post was missing was a link to Reefer Madness.
Warren Buffett says he will only pay a dividend when he feels his investors can make more money on the payout than he can by reinvesting it. It's hard to argue with that (and it also implies that in the future Berkshire Hathaway may indeed pay a dividend).
The fragmentation of the Android market (dot releases / hardware specs), the lack of a consistent UI and a less organized marketplace are far more of a threat to Android than any future speed disadvantage is to Apple.
value is also an almost meaningless term. How many times have we all seen the infomercials that sell some gadget at a $50 "value" but they'll sell it to you for only $19.95?
OMG!!! I actually maintain J code!! There are, like, 10 of us in the whole universe.

I think more people speak Quileute than still use J (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quileute_language)... for good reason ...
Hard Disk Data Recovery Makes Michael Scofield Less Clever in Prison Break
If you are fans of Prison Break, it's worth for a glance. Michael made a mistake in Prison Break as lack of hard disk data recovery knowledge, will you make the same mistake?
>I put the blame as much (if not moreso) on the people trolling the site as I do the nutjobs adding sincere comments.

So you'd have more sympathy for someone who is sincerely racist and xenophobic than someone who isn't just because of their sincerity? Why not "put the blame" on the Republican party for being a complete joke.
I don't mind fixing other peoples problems. I will even stay late to do so if asked but if you do so and then fuck off out of the office at 5:00pm you can better believe I'll be doing the same. If your problem isn't an emergency for you then it isn't one for me either.

Calling my work shit without providing any constructive feedback, problem details, or patches will tend to make your future requests for help go straight to the bottom of my priority list.

Blaming me or my work for a problem you are experiencing without performing any investigation into what actually the problem is also will make any future requests for help go straight to the bottom of my priority list. Not quite as far down as the category above though.

I don't want to sound like a prima-donna but I don't like creating unnecessary work for others because most people have better things to do, I just wish this was reciprocated more often.
Well, that wasn't what I intended. I am truly unsure the original intent.

English is pretty good, I agree, though phrasal verbs are the work of the devil. It has a head start in aviation, mathematics, engineering, some television, finance, and computer science. The British did a good job of seeding it everywhere and WWII gave it a large boost. Then again, the dissolution of the empires in the 60s made English and French less fashionable in many areas of the world as nationalism took hold.

Favoring "gradual unforced adoption" is a fine thing. I suppose I favor it too, as a "lingua franca" but not as a single global language. Knowledge of history does, I'm sorry to disagree with you here, qualify one to have a credentialed opinion. Language hegemony has never happened without a lot of people getting killed. I do not favor that, and I trust you don't either. Maybe this time will be different, who knows? America has always had wonderful, astonishing optimism.

But keep in mind that what you are proposing is no less than closing the book on many venerable, vibrant, and (ahem) more populous cultures. They will push back as much as you would push back on being told that English was obsolete.
Robert Frank has a book (Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class) that makes a convincing case that that effect does in fact exist. He goes on to argue for a progressive consumption tax, which is fairly convincing depending on your politics.
And in 2002: http://www.fintools.com/docs/Warren%20Buffet%20on%20Derivati...
KERMIT said: "Are you sure about that? I've seen co-workers suggest the use of Coq, only to see a room full of managers and peers burst out in laughter."

I think my claim that "People who 'specialize in this language' generally work in a field where everyone is familiar with the name 'coq' and nobody bats an eye." is sufficiently specific that it is not in contradiction with your anecdote. I used the word "specialize" because I was responding to a claim from the OP. I took it to mean something more than "have used" or "are familiar with". I took it to mean something like "has written more than one substantial project using". Did your co-workers fit into that category? Do you expect that they represent the norm of those who "specialize" in the system? I expect that most people who have written more than one substantial project using Coq work in program verification or type theory, where the name "coq" is not unusual enough that it still evokes laughter.

KERMIT also said: "Coq won't catch on in many places where it'd be very useful solely because of its name."

I am surprised by this. Are you sure? Have you witnessed this? In the laughing case or cases you mention, did the laughter turn into a rejection of the idea because of the name? Do you think Isabelle or HOL get used more often as a result?

I just expect more from technical professionals -- not that they never laugh at a silly dirty joke, but that major project decisions are based on more than programming language's name, especially in a sparse field like the one Coq is in.
That part showing the submission was hilarious:
"The government should never give you up, never let you down, never run around and desert you. Never make you cry, never say goodbye, never tell a lie and hurt you"
I would upvote that on a gov 2.0 website.
> he's far from an apple fanboy.

I agree.

In order to make great things, and then to sustain that, I really truly believe you have to grow to dislike what you made before. It's the only way to take a critical eye one what you have done and learn from it.

Lots of people think Jobs is a tyrant inside of Apple (and I agree with that sentiment), but I think the motivation for that is that he simply wants to create something he doesn't hate right now. It might be bootup time, or interface delays, or screen pixel density etc. That kind of thinking, a critical review of your own likes/dislikes is healthy I think in order to grow.

Fanboyism, by definition, is not a process of critical thought.
They should really update that page then, anybody reading it that plans to deploy on a 64 bit system is going to be turned away.
HTML5 and CSS3 Books to be released in 2010
I've been through the tutorial using Rails 2.x and also 3beta. The tests don't all work in 3beta but in case you're wondering, yes, you can almost the entire app in 3.0. It is indeed a wonderful thing and Michael has, I think, become one of the largest gems in the Rails community with this contribution.

-- Fred
Silicon Valley Python groups are growing in attendance. Come on Thursday
Thank God! Their editor was horrendous for applying any kind of precise formatting.

I stopped using Posterous because of it, now I will happily be able to try it again!
The 1st generation phones were (are) pretty slow. But the 2nd and 3rd generation phones are solid. Early reports from people who've gotten the new 2.2 OS have said they haven't noticed much of a speed up meaning the processor was powerful enough for most day-to-day tasks.
I think people are still figuring this out. You're right that tests sometimes lock down the implementation a bit much. I'll be on the lookout for changing practices and update the tutorial accordingly.
Rate my startup: Local servicer webpage + last minute YComb submission
I really wish this gives a good competition for Moodle. Moodle has been the only decent course scheduling system for years. Competition in this area will advance the technology.
In the context of this post, the Java VM on Windows is a clunky piece of rubbish, with widgets that look like they come from 1996.
I think this article shows that there are broadly two types of people. Those that perhaps hold onto notions of living from their very early years, and others that are constantly questioning and delving into things to see where they lead.

I don't know if there is a simple term for it but another thing this reminds me of is how often people that actually take time out to think through a solution for something are considered "dumb" by the majority that just prefer to tap into the existing knowledge base. I think that'll change but there might not necessarily be a way to force the progression. It'll just start to happen when there are no other options.
it's like comparing apples to oranges if the test hardware setup isn't similar. would like to see this test once iPhone 4G/HD is out vs. Incredible or EVO
You're probably right but once you bought the device and started using it the slowness definitely contributed to the "something's not quite right" feeling you might get switching from an iPhone. The other issue it could solve,I'm not sure how widespread this is, happens when you hit the back button and nothing happens so you hit it again which registers two back presses and often dumps you back to the home screen because you hit back enough times to exit the app. I have an ancient 6 month old Android phone and this happens to me at least a few times a day.
Wow, '99-'00 was a rough year for MSFT.
I too am considering Foobar2k. I'm so sick of itunes I might just try rockbox on my mini and nano. Maybe then I could use rsync to sync the device.
It is mostly done through networking in non-tech circles, with executives of other types of businesses that would need the consulting projects. And responding to lots of RFPs.
Hardware-hacking a mouse to measure UI responsiveness
They should be. I like Ruby, Python, and C but you can't help but be jealous of more robust platforms such as Erlang. We'd do well to stop inventing more of the same crap and actually advancing the state of the art. C isn't going anywhere nor do I think it should, but it should be used only when nothing else will do.

Since about version 3 C# has gotten interesting. Still, even the new interesting bits are rehashed ideas from the 70s and 80s. I guess it's interesting to see them in a mainstream language from Redmond; the features themselves are pretty mundane if you have experience with more dynamic and/or functional systems.

Factor is one of the only truly unique and excellent new languages. Clojure has good ideas too but I'm not sold on the JVM.
too expensive. square and the like make sense from the point that you already have a phone, and it's more peer-to-peer payments than a commercial solution.
I also don't think Diaspora gets that money tax-free. How do they report that at the end of the year? Were people donating to a company? Do they even have a legal structure?
I could be wrong, but I always assumed that mobile POS devices weren't used in American restaurants for some non-technological reason. They're used elsewhere--- some big UK chain restaurants use them (Googling turns up some info on TGI Friday's system), and a bunch of restaurants in Japan use them, for example.

Are the existing solutions too expensive, or in some way insufficient, in a way that rolling a new one out of an Android tablet will fix?
Why does this article consider the iPad in the first place? As the article points out, the device is too big and unwieldy in the first place. If you were to use an apple product, an iPod Touch is the first thing that pops into my mind.
Will the competitors really reach feature parity? Really? I mean, to have feature parity with iPod, you need a top notch player, you need a very good music manager and then you need a one click store that has nearly everything. It's not the touch screen, it's not the iTunes app, it's not the store: it's all that stuff.

Does the competition take away or does it help them stand out more?
This is true, and yet you're still conceding way too much. The OP hasn't even shown a real-world benchmark, let alone pointed out a difference that a customer would care about. He's deep in the premature-optimization weeds.
The iPad point of sale is the one making the news right now:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/27/the-ipad-pos-system-com...
Looks interesting, why does a typical user need craiglist analytics? What can they do with it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)
I believe the 50% profit figure is for "smart phones". I think DHH mentioned it in a video. Not sure what the primary source is.
http://techcrunch.com/2009/11/11/while-rivals-jockey-for-mar...

This is the best reference I can find for it.
They have existed for a while (I've seen a few PDA based ones out in the wild for a few years now) but none have gained major traction. I think for a lot of restaurants the cost simply isn't worth it.
The difficulty of truly blocking Google Analytics
Three Christs
> I think you're upset about something else related to Cassandra that perhaps you read recently

Huh? No, I love Cassandra. She's a beaut.

tlack didn't say "it would make more sense to compare an in-memory data store to another in-memory data store". They said "You can't compare memory-only db performance against a disk based db, period.". There's a pretty profound difference between those two statements.
This is for more professional users who use craigslist to advertise their services. (handyman, maids, etc) They can look at the effectiveness of their ad titles by tracking vistors.
Oil Spill Crisis Map Using Ushahidi
ARM licenses the source code for the ARM platform so you can build your own SoC. I think ARM PLC is fabless.
The best illustration of the concept, imo, is that with sustained 1.3%/year world population growth, we'll reach a population density of 1 person per square meter of land in only 780 years.
This is so true. I like me some Linux, but OS X has won me over. I thought the iPod was a fad for people with money to waste, until I got a Mac and discovered how much thought Apple puts into their products. Sure I had a HDD based MP3 player (Creative Nomad Jukebox), but it took 2-3 minutes to boot if you put 2GB of music on it and it was the same size as a discman. The UI was atrocious. I went back to an MP3 discman because the Jukebox sucked.

Most people don't compare Macs to equivalent systems, often because there is no comparable alternative. Even if you spec out a similar machine from other manufacturers you are almost guaranteed to be giving up something, whether that be battery life, a good case, or just the little touches that make you happy day to day like the battery life indicator or addictive multi-touch gestures.

Even the Vaio-Z, which is pretty slick and only 13", isn't on par with a MacBook Pro when it comes to the little touches. Yet it costs as much as a 15" MBP.

People who like to compare specs think they're getting a better deal but they rarely take into account actually using the thing for 8+ hours a day. The little things make a big difference when you use your computer that much.
Those with iPads... are there other examples of apps with immersive media like this that you've discovered? I'm extremely curious whether the iPad/tablet form factor is going to enable a completely new medium or if it will (like the kindle) just translate an old medium with some bells and whistles?
Your brother's speed is quite interesting. Could you let us know how many hours he spend learning a new language in a day to acquire that many words?

Also, I wonder if he needs to be in an immersive context for that rate to be sustained.
"[D]epending on your politics", indeed. It's not self-evident that everyone should be equally happy. It's not even self-evident that happiness should be the overriding concern of our existence. I've sacrificed my happiness many times in the name of other principles, especially truth. And, it wasn't "sacrifice temporarily for greater happiness later" or any other such rationalization.
What can Linux learn from Android
I've thought about his point that lowering the death rate makes the problem of population growth worse a lot, especially in the context of Africa and the like.

"Oh they're starving because they get almost no rain, so that land really shouldn't support anywhere near as many people as are there. Let's give them food aid."

10 years elapse, and say they're getting 7% per year growth thanks to food aid keeping them from starving, lack of contraception, etc.

"Oh, there's twice as many of them now, so they're starving despite our current food aid. Double the food aid!"

Repeat until you realize that you can't double the food aid forever.
thanks bittersweet.. the thing is whether is it possible to avoid linux altogether?
Where in the World are iPhone and Android Devices? [STATS]
Do you really want a “Rock Star” Designer/Developer
Where Have I Been? Get Your Answer with the Google Location History Dashboard
A better application would be to bolt iPads below glass at every seat. Then ordering would require no server interaction. Nor would the payment (think PayPal, Google Checkout, etc). The cost savings to a restaurant owner in terms of hiring waitstaff would be significant.
Down voting me, Kinda harsh? I am not saying PG is the only reason people people are pursuing a startup, but I would argue he is responsible for giving some people the fortitude to go through with it.

For example, before reading PG's essays, even as a child I knew I wanted to be an inventor. Later in 6th grade my dad joined a start up as computer engineer (around 1997) and I was able to go to work with him on many occasions. This combined with the invention of the World Wide Web and home computers, resulted in me knowing I wanted to start a company that made internet applications. However, if it wasn't for Paul's writings I don't know if I would have had the fortitude to follow it through to the the point where I am now. I think a lot of other people can identify with this.
So it's more the library they're using? I thought it was strange they support Delphi and Java but not C#.
You are Not the CEO
The trick is realizing that the last 3 words of your third sentence are the most important part of your slightly offensive post. That, and education.

Starving a people until they can eat off of the barren land they inhabit is certainly one way of taking care of the problem. Educating them on the merits of contraceptives, and teaching them how to use their land to greater effect is another.
http://www.gapminder.org/videos/what-stops-population-growth...
This is why I never liked the GPL. If someone wants to use GNU GO in their app suddenly they're on the hook for the political restrictions the GPL imposes even if they're making no significant modifications to it? In this case restricting their freedom to distribute their app where and how they want to. Of course you should adhere to the licenses you use it's just an interesting parallel track of software license restrictions. Looking at it purely from the perspective of using outside code, with a license you have no control over, the primary difference here is who dictates the terms to you. Apple or FSF. Either way they are going to dictate the terms.
The Lisp syntax-highlight category has been killed by lisppaste:

http://paste.lisp.org/
A decision model for action or inaction on climate change [video]
I'd expect them to get stolen in a heartbeat.

If a piece of gear in a restaurant is worth $500 and doubles as a consumer media device you can expect it to develop little legs and walk off all by itself within a week.

Proprietary and/or tethered devices with limited use outside of their intended area (such as maybe another restaurant ;) ) have much less chance of suddenly sprouting legs.
Boy fixes cracked iPhone screen for $21.95
Sweatshops and Funny T shirts
The problem with shirts being made in sweatshops
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The average restaurant has 50 seats or so, that's a lot of dough, also the iPads screen will not work under another layer of glass.