skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
A story from a friend of a wife who used to work somewhere :)

Must have been pretty sloppy smugglers to forget that much dope, someone was likely shot over that one!

Here is a real life story: I rented a convertible in Ottawa for a visit to a number of places in the US, on a trip with final destination New York, mostly business.

I'd gone over the car after picking it up, and found nothing but an empty coca cola can under the seat so the car looked good to me. The weather was hot, the top was down and all was good.

We drove South for a bit, entering the US on highway 81, which is iirc a long bridge in a beautiful area of the country.

The customs guys stopped us, (I was traveling with one of my employees, a guy called Nick), asked for our passports, mine is Dutch and Nick I believe was traveling on a British passport, so we got the tourist treatment. As we were driving away, suddenly the customs guy ran after us and yelled to stop.

So I stopped the car, and asked what's up, and he said 'raise the top please'.

It took a bit of fiddling because we had no idea how to do it yet (a Sebring, worst road handling ever by the way), finally the top started moving.

And as it kept coming up further it proceeded to dump about 10 dirty diapers and half eaten mcDonalds meals all over the yard.

Customs officer not amused.

We showed him we had just rented the car and that that stuff was definitely not ours, they called some guys to clean it up.

So far for me checking the car :)

I do a better job of it since then.
Ah; I stand corrected... I misread what Gruber wrote. Looks like Android handles updates fine, but there's no way to cross-load data between devices. So buying the latest and greatest hardware leaves you in the cold, at least until Froyo.
Can't up-vote that enough. I would guess in a lot of those situations cops invited those people to the station "just to talk".
It's so expensive, they're not coming out with a CDMA iPhone this year.

Oh wait. They are? Huh. They must just have decided that the masses want iPhones. If they have to lose money on them... oh wait, you mean that isn't how business works?
HACKING VS STUNTING
Well, on a positive note, if they ban the research in the UK, it'll mean more biotech jobs for everyone else. :)
This is only peripherally related, but when I took a vacation in Bali a few years back I was a little worried when I saw at customs giant signs say "Carrying drugs is punishable by death". I knew I wasn't carrying any, but on the other hand, I had handed my suitcase (which must be unlocked these days) over to TSA and then baggage handlers; who knows what could have happened.
There's a difference between being a witness and being interrogated. I'd dare say you have a civic duty to answer questions that aren't about you if a Cop asks them. Cops wouldn't be able to catch actual criminals if citizens don't talk to them at all.

But once they start asking about you that's when you lawyer up
"Since Cantonese, Shanghainese, and other nonstandard varieties differ from Mandarin not just in sound but also in vocabulary and grammar, the characters cannot bridge this gap by themselves, even with their relative neutrality toward sound.7 Much of the core vocabulary of non-Mandarin Chinese has no counterpart in Mandarin and no recognized character representation. Conversely, many Mandarin terms for which characters do exist are foreign to non-Mandarin speakers."

Yes, the quoted statement is true. Observing examples of this phenomenon (in either direction, whether Mandarin speakers not being able to read other Sinitic languages in Chinese characters, or speakers of those languages not being able to read quite standard Mandarin in Chinese characters) was what motivated some of my earlier comments in this thread.
An earlier HN item discussed an interesting one (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1156628)
iPhone OS will never have the ability to do the things like Android like push-intents until Apple admits that what iPhone OS 4 brings is not even remotely close to multitasking and that their model wouldn't allow for push intents. They claim battery and stability but my phone is stable now with multitasking and my battery lasts a full day.

An iPhone application has no way of having a long living listener for something that would resemble a push intent. The only thing you can do is register small bits of code as video/voip/audio services that can run in the background. Anything more advanced than that is reserved for Android or true multitasking OSes.
I didn't see any mention of "Threaded Trees":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threaded_binary_tree

They're discussed in detail in volume one of Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming".
While this could potentially lead to very bad things, it could just as likely lead to a betterment of humanity. I think that, in a few years or so, the kidney-growth pill McCoy gave to the old lady in The Voyage Home could be possible.
More information in YouTube videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/FlexYourRights

Learn how to deal with police by asserting your constitutional rights.

Including "10 rules for dealing with police" and other things.
Why did the headline single out just Apple? The article text mentions that much of rest of the tech industry is being targeted (that is, named as co-defendants) by this case, and the same outfit has a sister case filed against retailers.
Whenever I see something like this, I ask myself: "should we have banned the use of fossil fuel when it was first being harnessed?"

The answer to myself is always: no.
I'm sure many of us here on HN were influenced by Martin Gardner's brilliant puzzles. He taught us that a mathematical challenge could be a joy rather than an assignment.

As Ronald Graham famously said: "Martin has turned thousands of children into mathematicians, and thousands of mathematicians into children."

http://nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/20tier.html
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I am the person Zed is talking about. I am not sure what Zed heard/read, but it seems clear that he is taking something out of context. Of course the GPL applies to Python. It goes just as far as copyright does... which is just not as far as some people think and assert that it does.

There is real danger in pushing the bounds of copyright, even if it is for a good purpose. We need less intellectual property right now, not more.
Especially since everyone has their opinion which is in some way tainted by which phone they have, which platform they like, or ultimately what things are more important to them day-to-day. Fundamentals and ideology - they will likely side Android. If it's all about UX then its Apple. There are merits to debate still and there are interesting arguments about how it will affect their market share, but everyone in these topics has pretty much already made up their mind. The conversation plays out the same way everytime...
@endtime wrote Opera Mobile, not Opera Mini; they're different products.
read and shiver:

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/irish-...

No check-in luggage for me.

I get the weirdest looks though. Last year I spent a few months in Panama, arriving with nothing but a small carry-on bag.

I just joked that I heard it was warm there so I didn't need any clothing and they smiled and waved me through.

Nice country, Panama!
Google will not do that because it would cost them a fortune in missed ad impressions and clicks.

This seems unnecessarily constraining. They already allow you change your preferences to see 100 results per search instead of the default. How does this fit with your logic?

Certainly Google is very concerned with click-through on ads, but I'm not sure they'd be losing much if they allowed continuous scrolling. What percentage of their revenue do you think they derive from ads placed on 'next' pages?

And certainly there would be some way that they could integrate more ads with the Ajax loads: adding them to the sidebar as you scroll, or otherwise integrating them with the incrementally added results.
This is not an HN-caliber joke.
Stop responding to polemics, jesus.
The big dreams for your product are understandable. But a roadmap won't help, it will just make you waste time on planning a future that you can't possibly plan.

There's another way.

Think of this exciting vision first. Then, instead of making a roadmap and starting years of coding to finally arrive at this vision (which will never happen, likely), start cutting away stuff from your vision. Cut away non-crucial stuff, but keep that 1 or 2 features that are exciting. Search for what makes this really exciting. You don't need picture uploads. You don't need 90% of the features.

Now build this core product. The core value. The exciting experience. And resist the urge to add stuff to it, instead cut more stuff out, even stuff you've already built, and keep improving this core thing.
Sometimes a short answer is the simplicity on the other side of deep understanding.

Do you value an ounce of gold based on the hours that went into mining and refining it, or a Picasso based on the quantity of paint that went into it?

It's worth the value the buyer can get out of it, not what you put into it. Typically that's the expected values of future cash flows, discounted to the present using an appropriate risk-adjusted discount rate.

You can estimate how much cash it might generate under various scenarios, and estimate the probability of those scenarios transpiring, to come up with a value.

If you can persuade someone there is future cash flow, you can sell it. Otherwise, you can get a dime for it if you throw in a couple of nickels.

(disregarding strategic, humanitarian reasons to buy it, or the possibility someone is planning to spend X hours to build the exact same thing.)
How much effort do you put into understanding them? As with everything, the more complicated something is (or the further away things are from what you're familiar with) the more you have to put into it.

If you're interested in understanding them, I recommend finding another source for the explanation, like Wikipedia. The ones on stackoverflow can be a little short for an adequate explanation.

Also, there's a limit to how much you can understand by just reading something. Try drawing it out.

And in the end, I'm not sure how much understanding this stuff relates to your need for developers, depending on what you're doing. Most web programming involves getting cogs to fit with other cogs, not advanced algorithms. Obscure data structures are generally obscure for a reason; they're more an intellectual curiosity than anything else ^-^.
Foods experts won't eat
> They already allow you change your preferences to see 100 results per search instead of the default. How does this fit with your logic?

That nobody except for a few geeks do it. Just like the 'I feel lucky' button.

> Certainly Google is very concerned with click-through on ads, but I'm not sure they'd be losing much if they allowed continuous scrolling. What percentage of their revenue do you think they derive from ads placed on 'next' pages?

About 32% according to their own statistics. 68% of the clicks (ads or results) are on page 1, the rest on subsequent pages.

Google is working hard to get to the point where 100% of the clicks are done on the first page, then it is a moot point, but a 32% impact to their bottom line is not something they'll do if they don't have to.

Also, yes, they could load that ad again, but I suspect that may not be as effective and would lead to a lot of complaints. A 'quiet' (as in non-animated) page creates a lot of goodwill, switching ads would likely lead to a distraction and therefore diminished user experience.
Um...shouldn't it also be:

script/server -e production

Running in development mode severely hampers Rails' performance.
I think that is not uncorrelated with the fact that now more people have access to non-traditional media like youtube, web forums, other online communities, where police brutality videos, stories about abuse of power,and injustice can spread.

Americans traditional media will not turn against cops and will "appropriately" filter stories to make the system of government look good.

In other words, I think cops have always acted this way, it is just that the general public have been mis-informed.
Was idea #1 really that good if you can't even motivate yourself to implement it?

Implement 1 idea. Then figure out why it doesn't work. Then change it.

As for all your other ideas, if they're better than idea #1, move on, if not, stick with #1.
Is Android fragmented or is this the new rate of innovation?
This looks strangely familiar to the memes I saw on Reddit. You know, the stuff I was kinda delighted to see Hacker New was missing.
This is hearsay from some linguists studying and some native speakers of the mentioned languages. Looking at the comment again I realize that it's not really up to the rigorous hacker news standards.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't understand this to be as big a deal as a court decision in, say, the UK. This is because there is no doctrine of precedent in Germany. Previous decisions don't bind courts the way they do in common-law jurisdictions. I have no doubt that this decision is significant, but it's not clear to me how significant. Is this really the German equivalent of Bilski?
To paraphrase, there is a low correlation with people who create value (scientists, engineers) to people who reap its benefits, due to a large time lag (although that may not be the case regarding information technology). And in Western countries, people's survival needs have mostly been fulfilled. Thus the majority of people choose to turn their attention to emotional needs/goals (love and belonging, friendship, confidence) instead of value creation because this type of activity gives them immediate (versus lagged) rewards by being part of a larger social group, even if the activity itself is not rational (does not create value).
How would they be able to stop me?
I think it depends on the users interested in the /new section. Most of the people just look at the home, while there are some users who watch the new submissions, and when they miss, the submission doesn't make enough points to get to the home. (OK, maybe we all know this, but ...)
I don't see how you could be detained or have your car towed for refusing a search or any requests beyond your name, driver's license, and insurance. Maybe the officer could fabricate a traffic charge, which you could contest. (I'll agree you're likely screwed there - when it comes to traffic infractions you're guilty until proven innocent.) The officer might decide he smells something and force a search which makes you late for an appointment. Unfortunate for sure, and spiteful on the officer's part. But I don't think this reaches the level of martyrdom, and it'd be worth the shot of pride I get from defending my rights (though I understand not everyone would feel that way).

Am I missing something? What else could a cop do that doesn't require documented evidence of wrongdoing? I suppose Chicago-level corruption could wreck your life, and if that's the environment you're in then it's probably best to keep your head down. And take part in local government, or consider moving.
My high school vice principal loved to remind me that he didn't need 'probable cause' to search students persons or possessions, only 'reasonable doubt'.
You can find blog posts and Stack Overflow articles talking about lock overhead in rb-trees versus skip lists, and just looking at a diagram you can intuitively sense where that idea comes from. But these kinds of analyses are usually flawed by the fact that they assume the most naive possible encoding of tree edges (void* tree* tree*).
facebook doing privacy UI is like philip morris doing anti-smoking ads. they hire the best minds, and have them use their skills to make things intentionally fail (ads, UI controls). what facebook calls "highly granular" control is a failure of UI thinking: fewer, more powerful and more simple options are what you get from good UI thinking. it's NEVER about giving the user as many options as you can, the entire point of UI design is to remove the number of choices a user has without removing the amount of things they can do.

this goes a long way towards that for sure, but it's just not in fb's self interest.
I wonder if the "never talk to a cop" people will feel the same way if one of their kids is missing, and all the people who saw the abduction refuse to speak without getting lawyers?
I had a subscription to SA in high school. His column was the first thing I read in each issue. He will be missed. He can rest easy knowing his life touch many, many others.
I think that was the unwanted machine.

How costly is it to use a million dollar computer as a space heater? Exactly as costly as using a ... space heater as a space heater, by the second law of thermodynamics. That also why all electric space heaters are essentially 100% efficient (thought energy is wasted in transmitting the electricity to the heater and that's lost in the form of heat too).
Curious—am I allowed to video/audiotape a conversation with law enforcement?

I was recently the passenger in a car pulled over by the police. My iPhone rang with a text message and the cop abruptly asked "are you recording me!?" I wasn't ... but so what if I was? If cops want to talk to me, can I record the conversation?
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Those sound like social or job-related interactions, which are completely and obviously different from the kind of interactions the article and I are referring to. Have you had any on-topic interactions with police?
> So your goal should be to keep things amicable and give them "an out" so they don't have to interrogate you.

That's key, and it is basic psychology.

Make sure the police officer has no reason to suspect you are hiding something and you'll get off without a problem, he/she hates wasting their time as much as you do.

Give a reason for suspicion or antagonize them and you're going to be a lot further in your day before you are let off.

A police officer is someone that has a relatively good eye for probability, if you are 'probably ok' (in other words, you're on the same side of the law) then there is no reason to detain you any longer and you can go. If you give them the feeling you are on opposite sides of that line (antagonistic behaviour for instance) then you may just have lost a couple of hours.
So, open the website in the webkit inspector, go to the script tab, open the console and paste this to get the full numbers. Just to make it just a tad bit more evil!

function parseNumber(num) {

var onlyMildlyEvil = false;
var digits = num.toString().replace(/[^0-9]/g, '');
var parsed = '';

if (digits.match(/^0[127]\d{9}$/)) {
// probably a UK phone number
parsed += '(' + digits.substr(0,5) + ') ';
parsed += digits.substr(6);
}

if (digits.match(/^[2-9]\d{9}$/)) {
// probably a US phone number
parsed += '(' + digits.substr(0,3) + ') ';
parsed += digits.substr(3,3) + '-';
parsed += digits.substr(6);
}

if (parsed.length == 0) { parsed = num; }

if(onlyMildlyEvil) {

parsed = "" + parsed;
parsed = parsed.substr(0,parsed.length-3) + 'XXX';

}

return parsed;

}
Hm, what are some conncurrency-friendly ways to encode tree edges?
preaching to the choir...
>Finally, you're making the same erroneous assumption as dotBen above in that you're assuming the relationship with the Cops has to be adversarial and then treating it as such (which is exactly what makes someone look guilty).

As someone in this thread indicated, about a forth or so of cases exonerated by DNA evidence have "confessed". That fact enough, should make your interaction adversarial. You can be sure a lot of those people end up going to the station just "to talk" as "witnesses".

> The only reason you don't talk to cops is because you don't want to give them something they can use against you in court.

That is wrong. You don't know what you are saying can or cannot be used against you. The cops can lie to you. You don't know at which point a switch in their head decides to turn you from a witness into a suspect. They won't signal you with a wink ...
This uses the graph API to search through "lost my phone / need ur digitz" groups. Of course, human error is the best "in" for a hacker, and one of the greatest places to look for vulnerabilities is rare combinations of use cases. (People usually check privacy settings, but NOT for "groups"). Mobile apps are another great place to check for vulnerabilities, because "mobile" is a parameter that changes up the combination and introduces the possibility for (privacy, in the case of Facebook) vulnerabilities.
Dupe:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=988096
8 websites you need to stop building (comic)
that's very interesting, I mostly find seo garbage trough google, any links to more on this?

http://indonesianlanguage.net/learn-bahasa-indonesia
My girlfriend used to like Etsy, but she was burned by several sellers there and now actively avoids it unless she personally knows the seller offline. It seems that their mechanisms from protecting buyers from sellers who don't perform aren't really that good.
I don't have an answer for you (I'm just making the point that when people argue about how inefficient trees are, they're usually assuming a struct with two edge pointers), but a more direct answer to your question might be:

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/lock-free/

(That's a lock-free red-black tree impl).
If your job was to get information from someone else wouldn't you be upset if they just said "no comment" and wouldn't tell you why they were saying it or even if they had the information you were looking for?

I might be miffed, but if I had the unique ability to ruin their lives with arrest and prosecution, I'd understand a little mistrust and defensiveness.
First startup was successful.

I wished I could say that about all of them though, first success is definitely not a guarantee for a repeat performance, there are always new mistakes to make and some of those have the power to kill you.

Anecdotally, so, not my own start-ups but friends that have tried to start out, if they kept it simple (consultancy, contract work) they were mostly successful, if they went for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow they mostly failed.

Business-to-business 100% success rate, business to consumer 1 in 5 or worse.
Bing Image Search has infinite scroll without paging.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=san+francisco
Yep, I wrote it for lay-people, which I why I use "WiFi identity" rather than "MAC address".

I was just so happy with it I had to post a link here. (I'm so vain. I probably think Hacker News is about me.)
Or an associated set of "Like"s - reasonable indicators of a person's outlook.
The Subversion re-education bit is great to understand the differences between Mercurial and SVN, thanks for the link :)
If you actually have information and there's not even the slightest possibility that it could turn bad for you, then sure, be a good citizen.

But if you don't have any information, or if there's even the most remote possibility at all that you could somehow be implicated by the information you have (or by the fact that you have the information in the first place), then plainly, simply, and politely: "I have nothing to say" and "May I go now?".
Tom is crazily productive. There doesn't seem to be a week when he's not releasing or doing something unexpected. He recently ran as a candidate for MP in the UK general election as a pirate, http://www.madcapntom.co.uk/ (watch his campaign ad!) and had success with "Tweet Trumps" in the last two weeks: http://tweettrumps.com/