skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"easier to use". I have absolutely no problems using Ubuntu 10.04. It's better in almost every way in terms of openness and functionality and I can be much more effective in terms of getting things done quickly and efficiently than you ever could on a touch screen device lacking a dedicated keyboard and mouse.

My only point is that the desktop space and mobile space are very different and I don't see them converging.
I'm not really familiar with Android, but one look at that site suggests that it's not an official Google property. So looking at the most viewed apps on a single day for this obscure(?) site might just be skewing things somewhat.

The apps listed here seem a bit more "respectable":
http://www.android.com/market/
"The current 13in Macbook Pro has an i3 chipset."

Read that link again: it has a Core 2 Duo, not an i3:

"The update to Nehalem-based cores, as well as a die shrink to 32nm, gives these Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 mobile processors clear performance advantages over the Core 2 Duo that Apple retained for the 13" MacBook Pro. "
Yeah, to me "message" makes me think of very heavy duty systems like MQ.
One question, do you use GMail?
And you can check that the address is sane using a geocoder. Both Google Maps and Yahoo! Maps have freely-accessible APIs for that.
You may not think so, but this area is a hot topic of research. E.g. poor nutrition at the wrong times of life has a measurable genetic effect on children.

Viewing this as just a matter of what DNA gets inherited is too simple a model. There's a lot more that goes into the picture in terms of gene regulation, a topic that for eukaryotes is still fairly young and very complicated. E.g. a lot of "junk" DNA isn't, in that it has regulatory roles even if it doesn't code a specific protein.

Within the last few months there was an interesting HN item on this topic.
Grml is another Debian based Linux distro for rescue scenarios like this. The small version weighs in a little more at 100MB versus PLoP's 62MB though.

If your deployment environment doesn't offer NFS/SMB/CIFS you can fetch your images via HTTP from your PXE booted kernel too.

Regarding data centers - it can even boot over serial in connection with HP iLO and IBM RSA/AMM out of the box.

http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=rescue

http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-small-2010.04/

PLoP seems to be a great tool for similar cases, interestingly both are Austrian distributions:

http://www.plop.at/en/ploplinux.html#pxel

I've got a grml usb stick with me at all times (now even supports multiboot 32/64bit!). I just recently recovered a relatives' WinXP after a seemingly failed automatic update and did a dll rollback in a couple of minutes.

It's a great tool plus it shows you how to use the mighty zsh properly!
Yes, my girlfriend and I use GMail.

I am unaware of whether my ex uses GMail or not. We were in school when we met and had uni email addresses.
How to Write An Effective Short Essay
The thing that is common between writing long explanatory research essays and short essays is the pattern. Yes, both of them follow same pattern and even the same style.
Ha, would that also imply Google even-more-secretly spying on them?
Programming, just like everything else, is what you believe it is, what you put your energy in when you're thinking of it or dealing with it.

You (and everyone else) are creating your own world. Have fun with what you create..
Bill Bryson: the history of the toilet
I'm not sure they are taking it out of context. According to your quote, it sounds like he is grumbling about new forms of communication: the "24/7 media environment". That's exactly how the economist described it.

(Note: I only read your quote, not the full speech. Please correct me if the full speech elaborates.)

Also, the economist does observe that he dislikes some low tech media. Not TV, but radio: "...with his grumbling about the crazy theories circulated by the combination of blogs and talk radio."
That's true, but I'm not sure that's a bad thing. Epigenetics is a pretty hot topic these couple of years. Straight from Wikipedia:

As reported in MIT's Technology Review in February 2009, "The effects of an animal's environment during adolescence can be passed down to future offspring ... The findings provide support for a 200-year-old theory of evolution that has been largely dismissed: Lamarckian evolution, which states that acquired characteristics can be passed on to offspring."

This was shown to happen in humans and does make intuitive sense - Mealy machines are more efficient than Moore machines!
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Argh... it's articles (actually sites) like this one that make me wish there were either 30+ hours in the day or there was a non-detrimental way to do with less sleep. I think this is fascinating stuff and if I could I would ditch what I'm doing and just bury myself in it for hours.

Oh well.
A MacBook for a fast Photoshop and Compilation experience? Isnt this simply the wrong hardware for the job?
Exactly. I for one, and probably many others on this site, hate social networking. I really believe it dumbs down human interaction and that the South Park episode on it really summed up the issue. However, I do write code for a living so I am far from a luddite.
How much are you willing to be available to the companies you are invested in? Does your bandwidth allow for companies that would like some product advice, but aren't interested in funding at the moment? If so, what's the best channel to ask?
I just did a search and found that my ex does now use GMail.

I also searched through the contacts and conversations for both my GMail account and my girlfriend's (she consented, of course) - result: in neither did my ex show up.
Multiple or predicate dispatch object systems take the view that objects are structs without methods in them. Methods are just open conditionals: by defining a new method implementation you add a clause to the conditional.

e.g.

type Animal
type Lion < Animal
type Elephant < Animal
type Giraffe < Animal

method encounter(Animal, Animal)

def encounter(Lion a, Giraffe b):
// eat it

def encounter(Lion a, Lion b):
// fight

Is equivalent to:

type Animal
type Lion < Animal
type Elephant < Animal
type Giraffe < Animal

def encounter(Animal a, Animal b):
if(a is Lion && b is Giraffe):
// eat it
else if(a is Lion && b is Lion):
// fight
else:
raise NoApplicableMethodError

Languages with predicate dispatch usually allow you to define your own predicate classes:

def Prime(n): // primality testing algorithm here

def Foo(Prime n): ...

Or:

type Rectangle height width

def Square(Rectangle r): height(r) == width(r)

def Something(Square x): ...
def Something(Rectangle x): ...

And they allow you to add predicates to methods themselves:

def encounter(Lion a, Giraffe b) when isHungry(a): eat
def encounter(Lion a, Giraffe b) when !isHungry(a): walk away

This is much more powerful and simpler than message passing, IMO.

It's closely related to pattern matching in languages like Haskell, but that's usually not allowed to span multiple modules or files. And algebraic data types are closed, making it much less useful.
It seems to me to be the product of a worldview which sees children not as distinctive individuals with unique preferences and aptitudes, but as mere larvae passing through 'developmental stages'. I consider it an affront to the dignity of all children and my teeth are set on edge every time I hear it.

For outliers, statistics doesn't work that well (and feels reductive of their uniqueness.... because it is!). And of course this is true of everyone - we're all unique and special and statistics doesn't get to the heart of our own personal story.

But this isn't the point of such things - terms such as age-appropriate are really aimed only at most children, most of the time. Anyone who's enough of an outlier to be offended and upset by the notion - and able to come up with a cogent argument against it - is probably not included within that set of most children.
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Hmm. What does "assclowns ov teh riaa" mean? Is "ov" Swedish for "of"? I know "teh" is just leetspeak for "the".
Sun's stars: Where are they now? And why did they leave?
When Should Startups Start Charging?
Awesome post. He did a good job of outlining the difference.

I'd add one piece -- it goes both ways. On the other side of the skeptic is the true believer, which knows that the current consensus or opinion is correct and is just looking for reasons to confirm his belief. This is the scientific malpractice the leaked emails reveal.

Both of these positions suffer from the same problem: they already know the answer before the conversation (or experiments) even begins.

By the way, these topics go way beyond climate science, or even politics. These are the same types of conversations we have in technology teams about things like TDD, or linux versus windows. There are lots of opinions and consensus (or not) but most times what we really should do is have an open mind, create a theory, perform an experiment, see what works, and adapt. Many times teams would rather argue than do this. This is because we (technical people) suck many times at being able to politely disagree.

The same problems we see with skeptics and true believers in climate science are the ones we see all around us everyday. To me understanding and being able to work these kinds of conversations have much more immediate and useful value than the types of compression algorithms Google uses on its databases.
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And I thought reverse-engineering a C++ application with COM was hardcore...
It's not Swedish. I think it's just lolcat speak for "of".
Well, I think if your conversion rate is going down or up, something has changed and you must investigate what has changed.

I disagree, strongly.

1) It is highly likely your conversion rate will bounce around without regard to what you're doing.

http://images1.bingocardcreator.com/blog-images/hn/conversio...

Just eyeballing that, can you pick the most critical time for me to have checked conversion rates in the last year? (It might -- and I stress might -- have saved me $3.5k.)

2) I think humans are exceptionally good at retrofitting explanations to data, even when the explanation and the data are unrelated.

3) Rather than continually reacting to minor changes in the conversion rate, deceiving myself as to their cause, and then implementing something that probably doesn't matter, I'd rather schedule this sort of work as part of a process: write A/B test, check conversions (with all extraneous sources of noise filtered out), implement winning alternative as appropriate, get back to work.
One thing that came to mind when reading this is that I think most (all?) railroad locomotives make use of "dead man" switches that force someone to perform an activity on a regular basis. I'm not sure if this would be effective in the case of an airplane, but perhaps something a little "smarter" than a simple button to push would be the answer. Perhaps something could force you key in (on a rotating basis) the current airspeed, pitch, etc... every so often if you're on autopilot and have not touched the controls in a while. Anyone familiar with current aviation systems know if anything like this is in place already?
Streaming Serialization/Deserialization with MessagePack
I will offer irrefutable proof that Obama is right. Try to visit a site like TvTropes without winding up wasting half your day :-)
The Top Ten Cultural Branding Failures
It should work with drag and drop by dragging a track to the user on the People list on the right.
You can also right-click on a track, Send to, Spotify People, pick a user
I'm not sure this changes the argument The Economist is presenting, which is that Obama is wrong to blame technology for these "pressures".
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I wouldn't expose too much of the company finances. Someone might find it profitable and start a copy-cat. What do you think?
Right, but the term "climate change skeptic" ought not to exist, because following the evidence where it leads ought to be default position of everyone.

Also it's interesting that in that particular debate, there are "deniers" but no "zealots". It's only one side that feels the need to label the others. That ought to set the alarm bells ringing.
Thanks. Wasn't sure. I don't know why I was downvoted for asking a simple question concerning the linked article.
Well, to be fair, that CPU is still way fast enough for everything 99% of people are doing. I'm admittedly not pushing mine very hard, but it copes well even with windows in vmware and is outright zippy for everything else (light photoshop/lightroom use and such).

To those people the 2h (or something) extra battery life is a much bigger benefit than a faster CPU. In fact, for my usage pattern this is the fastest I need. As far as I am concerned they should just keep this CPU forever and only keep pushing battery life and display resolution. ;-)

Also, if your photoshop use is more demanding than the 13" can handle then wouldn't a larger screen come in handy anyways for that kind of work?

If I was looking for raw power then I wouldn't look at apple anyways. Much better bang-for-buck can be had from Dell and such.
If IB front runs you, call the SEC. That's highly illegal. It's far more likely that they just use your trades to fill their orders. That's a good thing for both you and them.

The mechanics:

IB wants to buy X at $100, you want to sell $X at 100. Normally your order would be routed to the exchange and so would theirs. Both would go to the back of the queue: if Foo/Bar placed buy/sell orders at $100 before you, they get filled first.

Instead, both you and IB get to bypass the queue by trading directly with you. The only real cost to you is that this probably incurs some latency.
I think in this context "I don't buy it" is closer to "I think you are misinterpreting your feelings" rather than invalidation.

I agree - it's more about her saying something like:

"I'm not going to take your apparent desire for a divorce as 100%, literally true (yet) because I know you've got a lot of emotional 'stuff' going on right now. Go and do your thing, take some space to work things out, and if you do work it out, come back and let's talk again. If you're serious, we'll figure that out at the appropriate time."

which is a very mature reaction, in a way that invalidation wouldn't be.
This comment is pretty interesting:

"here are supporters on both sides of the climate debate ('warmists' and 'deniers') for whom the science is secondary. One feature of them both is that recognise no shade of gray."

This kind of polarization happens a lot in the technology field (e.g. SQL vs NoSQL, Flash vs HTML 5) - usually not by the leaders in these areas but often by people who feel they have the need to strongly align themselves with one particular perspective.
Google Privacy
It will make comics/graphic novels/manga possible on a wider range of devices (already cropping up on iPad).
Yes. I tried to say that, but looks like I failed.

If you already know the answer to some complex issue that is not direct, hard science, then you are cognitively limiting yourself. If it's reproducible and demonstrable, of course, then we can still remain properly agnostic and rely on induction to save the day. If it is not, we have to be very, very careful about what our hidden assumptions are.
"Talk radio" is just a dog-whistle reference to right wing punditry. I'm sure he has no problem listening to the Sox games on the radio.
Internet Marketing: Analysis/insight/opinions/comments/views
Is anyone here an "Internet Marketer" or has anyone here got any analysis/insight/opinions/comments/views they would like to share on "Internet Marketing"?

I'm current researching the sector of "Internet Marketing", which seems to be significant, but frequently overlooked in mainstream media. I will define what I mean by "Internet Marketing" below.

I'd like some different viewpoints, analysis, insight and opinion on "Internet Marketing" itself.

By "Internet Marketing" I mean the products and services of people like Mike Filsaime, Yanik Silver and Anik Signal and Kelly Felix, Jim Davis, Donna Fox.

Many of these people run "Make money online" (or similar) schemes, and essentially they are "list builders" (using email marketing using software/autoresponders like Aweber), "affiliate marketers" (usually clickbank), "niche marketers" (content) and "ebook marketers" (content). These people do have legitimate incomes and legitimate companies.

Their products are almost sold in sales-letter format with opt-ins and up sells/subscriptions/members sites/"coaching" schemes. They use terms like "JV" for Joint Venture. Almost everyone has come across one before.

Where does it come from, and why are there conventions within the sector which are so rigidly followed? Is it really because they are so successful? They seem to follow conventions of a traditional sales letter and use traditional textbook sales and marketing methods, especially when it comes to the language used (creating a sense of urgency. Not all offer digital ebook products, many offer members subscription sites or even physical products.

It is very hard to find an unbias and impartial analysis of the sector and what goes on in it. Searching the internet simply returns sites trying to sell "internet marketing tips" and "internet marketing information" in the form of email newsletters or ebooks. It is hard to find the real success stories even though there is real success . It people do make a 6-figure income in this sector though it is hard to find a simple overview of the sector from an outside perspective.

Any help, as I stated above would be much appreciated. This could include analysis/insight/opinions/comments/views or links to impartial resources on the subject/sector itself.
I guess that's why you're not in charge of brand management.

Among the tech-geek demographic the iPhone is already associated with farting applications. It's a common way to deride the quality of apps at the store when someone gets their knickers in a twist about the reasons Jobs gave for section 3.3.1 - and that's just a current event.

Imagine running an adult store for a decade. People talk. People read. Hiding an adult store behind an individual's preferences would not prevent word from getting out.

I guarantee you that if Disney tried to run a triple-X store in the way you suggest that knowledge of it would get out and it would cause an enormous shit-storm.

Everything any customer experiences that fires a neuron linked to your name or your logo or your products is associated with your brand.
Urban kids view the world in human terms
Bot sides accuse the other side of all sorts of things. Your statement is simply false.

In fact, doesn't a denier automatically, by his mere existence, claim that "the others" are "zealots"?
I think it happened. Twice out of folks who know me from online forums, possibly more outside of that.

Oh well.
Scepticism is integral to the scientific process, because most claims turn out to be false.

Winning quote right there.
Ehm yes, I know how the social component of the client is supposed to work. We were talking about users that don't show up because they have not connected with their facebook account.

So: how do you get a 'spotify:user:x' user in the people list so you can share tracks with that particular user?
High frequency traders do not trade in stocks with low volume (because it is risky), so they don't add any liquidity that wasn't already there.

Utter nonsense. Many HFT firms trade low volume stocks - low volume stocks have a smaller number of trades, but a higher margin per trade.
Dog, included in Barack Obama's asset
Some personal reasons, some professional - want to relocate, explore other avenues, focus on a product idea, etc.
Why I became an Android fanboy
What’s a Degree Worth?
StumbleUpon Quietly Signs Up 10 Millionth User
It's true, he may not be complaining about the media itself. He may just be complaining that his opponents get a voice.
> the term "climate change skeptic" ought not to exist, because following the evidence where it leads ought to be default position of everyone.

True enough. However coming to a discussion with no opinion is next ot impossible for someone to do. It's reasonable to imagine someone who follows the evidence will have a pre-conception of what the answer is.

What sets him/her apart is a willingness to be proven wrong (or even just a bit less right).
whoa, easy there
I wonder the same thing. If I didn't know better, I would find myself in your exact situation more often than not.
Google buys VOIP engine behind Yahoo, AOL, WebEx, Lotus conferencing | ZDNet
By the same token, has anyone noticed how difficult it has become to remove friends? Removing them requires opening each profile one-by-one and looking for a small link at the bottom of the left-most column. Even producing a master list of friends in FB is nearly impossible.
I'm not sure if it's more or less sinister than Google tracking your searches, but it's also possible it's noting your most frequent email correspondence.

Maybe it takes into account words that show up frequently in your email?
This is just one paper in an entire issue of New Scientist about "Denial" http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627605.900-special-r...

There was a post by Robin Hanson on Overcoming Bias about it, with a long string of comments http://www.overcomingbias.com/2010/05/dumping-on-denial.html
You are kidding, right? You've never heard someone use a term like "alarmist", "warmist" or "true believer" applied to those who accept the evidence for AGW?
Which Is the Best Mobile Platform?
In a recent post from our own Hillel Fuld, he put forward some thoughts on why Android is seeing the OS number 2 in U.S. sales for the first quarter of 2010. The content of the post is great, it provides some perspective, from Hillel’s point of view, on where things might be headed for both Apple and Android based on the choices that have been made surrounding the operating systems.
Generally don't make too many assumptions about the address format if you're dealing with international customers.

Many of the address forms on US-sites are a bit challenging to europeans because even after selecting "Other" in the State-dropdown we're still left with a bunch of input fields that don't quite fit our local address format.

Most people (including myself) are probably used to that by now and just duplicate stuff as needed (City/State) and leave others blank. But I wonder what the bounce rate amongst less savvy users is for these forms.
> If credit card data is going to pass through the device, anti-virus software is mandated by PCI-DSS.

Even when the POS is not running Windows? Or does the PCI-DSS assume all computers are running Windows?
The book is freely available on-line, or was last I looked. How many of its readers really need access off line?
Banner designed to look like page wins even for techies (small sample size)
Here you go,

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=climate+change+ze...
Where does it say that the Swedish Pirate Party are providing the bandwidth? I can't find anything about that, maybe my Lolcat isn't what it should be.
How should entrepreneurs screen potential investors to avoid personality or other conflicts?

Assuming you failed the above, how do you deal with an investor who's being difficult or disruptive?
I'm relieved to see that the most rated comments are on Obama's side. Even the "arranged" quote from the Economist sounds true to me.