skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Let's be clear: he threw the first grenade.

He mocked a legitimate user concern (FB privacy confusion) with his "How do you sleep at night???" comments, in which he portrayed anybody with this concern as hysterical and irrational.

Search doesn't cause the problem (it merely exposes and exacerbates it), but it's a legitimate problem. And it's ridiculous for a FB employee to go around mocking those of us who had to talk our parents through a more than 100 click privacy-restoration process over the phone. (Especially when our parents are over 70, and not the fastest clickers in the West.)

If he wants to mock people for holding that concern, he's a troll, plain and simple.

And if you think that mocking people by putting imagined hyperbolic rhetoric in their mouth is civil and cogent, well... I suppose we have different definitions of civil and cogent.

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edit: p.s. calling somebody a name is not an ad hominem, it's an insult. Here's a helpful example:

ad hominem: mos1 is wrong because he's an asshole.

insult: mos1 is both wrong and an asshole.
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I hope that no one took that seriously?

Although, based on the comments on youtube I believe someone might've taken it seriously.

It was so obviously scripted by Barack's pr people to win the hearts of nerds.
Trusting guarantees is a day-to-day part of life. The majority of people have no idea how a bank works but they still use them! The same argument goes for e-commerce. People should trust their credit agreements and ability to judge situations.

If everyone were as "smart" as you say by refusing to interact with processes they don't understand, e-commerce would be dead in the water. It's not thriving thanks to the <1% of us who know how it works in detail :-)
Hi, I'm new to programming but I'd like to ask a few questions:
1. What's your definition of good items?
2. Do you think your problem sounds like it could be solved by genetic algorithms (provided that computational costs are acceptable)? It seems like a possible way to think about it would be to let the best selling products compete to be on the first page.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_algorithm
I still build some small things here and there. I find it much more difficult to program now, though.

Care to share any links?
I'm a Canon user from the days of film. Recently bought a digital back so that I could use all my old lenses. Most cameras have a 1.6 multiplier that is the 50mm is as if it were a 80mm - nice prime for portraiture, a 75mm (film) prime would be even better.

Cheap plastic lenses are just that, cheap. You might as well just buy a $100 point and shoot. Zoom lenses are great if you have to be prepared for anything and don't have time to change prime lenses (don't forget dust, etc problems) and of course all those lenses are a bother to carry. Trouble is that quality zoom lenses cost heaps. Of course, you could try buying second-hand, but sometimes they have been knocked around and are worse than useless.

Unless you are on the move a lot, a tripod is a better option than expensive image stabilization lenses. For absolutely shake free shots learn to use the self-timer to let the camera settle down after pressing the shutter release button.

Learn to focus manually, the auto-focus doesn't work best in some light conditions. Same about the settings, learn to use manual settings. Unlike film, you are not wasting money by experimenting.

atrain34 is right, get your tips from a photography forum.
CATO should consider changing the title to:

Archer Daniels Midland: Poster Child for Corporate Welfare
Use of capital is a typical open question. But no, I do not ask for a budget. They should spend most of it on people and the rest on other constraining resources.

A lot of them no longer need my help. Many don't use the time I do have available. I have plenty of time for my day job and even playing video games.
Perhaps I shouldn't have used the word constantly. But the way I see things Google isn't a software company. By that I mean Google doesn't sell software. Microsoft is very much a software company. They need Office and Windows to make money.

Because Google isn't selling software, there isn't really any competition with Microsoft in the office productivity space. They're not fighting the same battle. Microsoft wants to make money from Office, while Google wants to encourage more applications and content onto the web.

Do you think Google will be upset if Microsoft's docs.com is popular? The answer to that should tell you everything.
Please Don,t Buy an iPhone, Five Reasons are Here
If only the tea party crowd would get worked up about this issue - seems like the perfect overlap of "stuff the right loves to throw fits over" and "actually matters"
I've been really impressed with scribd when I saw the html text roll out. That, plus the fact that the website had a copy of out of print textbook that I needed raised my kudos value of scribd.
Sorry to hear about your wife, but this article was definitely not about denial.
How much more do the typical "real" investors know about the products they invest in than the computer programs?

In other words, if we rule out insider information, isn't all trading, on some level, "algorithmic"? The real-ness comes from the financial statements of the corporations being invested in.
It wasn't that expensive to host.

At the time I got funding, I had 3u via an ISP (http://www.atlanticmetro.net/ now) in Telehouse. One of the servers I bought, and one was mailed to me out of the blue by Marc Andreessen.
I had a good idea last week. Today it accepts credit card payments.

Do it immediately, even if to the detriment of you social life and sleeping patterns.

I can't put ideas down. Moment I have one I collect keywords and setup some Google Alerts. Cheapest way to taste a market. Second I would look for clients and email the directly, posing as a "consultant" or specialist, or a seller/buyer in the field. If things look warm, I get the domain name and whip out a brochure site in 2 days. Google apps for email. EveryDNS for DNS hosting. Everything on one $20 VPS.

1 idea every 2-3 months. If you do it twice you will have all the boiler-plate stuff ready to go. ~12 hours of work for a complete image.
I agree it was planned. Your last sentence is an overly specific guess though.
> Objects just aren't structs with methods on top

This view is probably prevalent because C++ more or less does (and did even more in its early days) promote objects as structs with methods and some other fanciness on top, and C++ was probably the first really widespread OO language.
Being sarcastic or dismissive of concerns isn't the way to deal with that type of criticism which was my point. Not that maxkleins criticism was valid or well based that said however, saying "yeah look how the existing banks" have done doesn't tell us anything about how you plan to better that and doesn't really say much at all since for the most part and most of the time the traditional banks do really well.

He didn't actually give any information on what their plan entails that would remove doubts. They've said their money comes from two places loans and cuts from credit card fees. While what if they have a bad run with their loans/investments(like big banker banks) or not enough people use there credit cards? That makes them just as vulnerable as the existing banks so saying existing banks don't work doesn't tell us why you will.
the reasons, at least from Microsofts POV, are pretty well detailed and mostly involved backward compatibility and fidelity concerns.

For example, and I forget the exact numbers, at the time the OOXML spec had in the region of 300 pages of documentation around functions and formulae in spreadsheets, and the ODF spec had 6.

Fleshing out the ODF spec to the point it would be suitable is a headache that I imagine MS didn't want.
The last thing I was tinkering with was http://lensdb.com/ but it still needs a lot of work. I haven't worked on it in months and months.

I'm thinking of building an app to help manage my angel deal flow, of all things.
I guess it makes complete sense that the markets would plunge simultaneously. Tradeworks had to dump their inventory all at once, otherwise other high frequency tradebots would have been tipped off.

BTW, that high frequency trading is good for the market because they provide liquidity, is bullshit. 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.

There's no legitimate reason, AFAIK, for high frequency trading to be allowed. All they do is syphon away our milkshake in transit from Alice to Bob, because their speed allows them to.

We should be taxing these quick buy-sell trades. At least that way more of the money goes to benefit society. Some equation that taxes at the rate of:

80% profit tax for selling stocks held 10 minutes

50% profit tax for selling stocks held 1 hour

10% profit tax for selling stocks held 24 hours

no tax for selling stocks held 1 week

seems quite fair, would have zero impact for real investors (who are investing in wealth creation, not money creation), eliminate these crazy price fluctuations (that could damage unsuspecting investors' portfolios with stop-sell orders that were meant to protect their investments), and generally help everyone live more meaningful lives.
Are you an in a position to decide what they will or will not invest in?
I found this interesting near the end: http://emulators.com/docs/nx13_olpc.htm. The author wonders about A New Era For Personal Computing?

I think three years later, a lot of us are starting to see through to the other side. Funny that he mentioned the Newton, too.
I may be in the minority here but I've tried google docs and have ended up reverting to MS office, more so for spreadsheets.

As someone who uses Excel daily at work (beyond just basic features), I feel Google spreadsheets is a long way behind.
The main issues I have with google spreadsheets is the lack of shortcuts compared to Excel and slow responsiveness. I only use Google spreadsheets for very basic things like keeping a personal budget.

So I can see programmers and designers flocking to Google docs but not people who use Excel regularly at work.
Build something better and easier to use and i'll dump Apple, buy your product, and be your number one cheerleader. I was simply trying to convey my surprise that an action totally unrelated to everyday everyman computer use only took a month to become, for me, a reflex.
Gmail is a free service. They had better not open up my emails to the public.
SERVICE =/= DATA
>> There are 14 copies to be won, so there’s a strong chance you may win it. To enter a chance to win, all you have to do is follow @DotNetCurry on twitter.

Really?
"paternity test" is a good start.
Is there a reason for that? I know that communication is key, but with Skype and daily builds, couldn't it be managed?
I found the web site ordering hugely convenient for three reasons:

1) I cannot stand going to Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and other brick and mortar stores with their cloying and generally clueless sales personnel.
2) I am an American living outside the US, so it made sense to order it online and pick it up when I came to visit my relatives in the States.
3) Because I travel a lot and change providers often, I like to own my phone. I do not want to have the provider put all their crap software and branding in the handset for me to remove later. Having the phone unlocked and unencumbered with 3rd party software was a blessing.

I realize I am in the minority. Just my 2c.
I wonder about the mindset that allows one to accept running MacAfee on a freakin' Point of Sale device is something that just has to be done?!
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Abundance of professional performed lens tests created as side project
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/overview
If they wanted to be truly innovative, they could kick-start anonymous internet banking by being the first institution with a public face to do so. That would be revolutionary, and whilst I admire the aim of making a fantastic bank, it still leaves me feeling a bit unexcited :-/
Not sure how complex it is, but combining HTML5 Offline Application support with an extension of the cache manifest to include signatures is what I have in mind. At this point Apple will have an exact version to review with their process and approve.

I don't see how this is against their ecosystem. If you will use the same developer agreement, everything else will be the same: web-apps will still have to use StoreKit to sell stuff (so no Paypal, even if you are "on the web") and Apple gets their cut.
Clearly they will, assuming you are willing to wait a few generations of hardware for them to become powerful enough.

I think there's now a Javascript port of Quake 2 that's just about playable on a modern PC. That game's 13 years old.
I know a guy who composed a message to aliens, uploaded it to his iPhone, traveled to Arecibo, and transmitted it to the stars.
I'd be very interested if you could go into further detail (on the product development front), just to have an insight into your thought/workflow process on how you move from concept to reality.
English and plenty of other languages don't distinguish between "ethnic Foo" and "Fooland citizens" for most Foo who have their own country named after them.

Pretty much the only exception is in Central Asia (where you have e.g. "Kazakh" vs. "Kazakhstani" in English, "Kazakh(skii)" vs. "Kazakhstanets/Kazakhstanskii" in Russian, etc.)

Chinese is one of the few exceptions to this principle (e.g. eluosizu vs. eluosiren), since they want to make sure to clearly distinguish between their own ethnic minorities and the citizens of the neighboring countries.
Zed, it's "they're", not "their"
Why not link to the official Google chart directly ?

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-ve...

They also seem to have a "Screen sizes and Densities" page which is new to me:

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/screens.htm...
> If acquiring disciplined habits and learning to defer gratification end up influencing genes—if, as he rather wildly speculates, "a twelve-year-old kid could improve the intellectual nimbleness of his or her future children by studying harder now"—that would seem to multiply the Matthew Effect, for ill as well as good.

i don't think "activating" genes means they become more heritable.
The guy was just as impressed with his Windows colleague's skills.
The ultimate question. You should have your mom ask that question to all your portfolio founders.
PXE is radsauce, it is netboot for the 21st century
I think you've said what I was trying to say, only with fewer, better words. Kudos.
Capex = Capital Expenditure (Spending/Investment)

And, I thought this was an interesting definition for DRAM:

...for DRAM, which temporarily holds data and helps computer processors run multiple programs simultaneously....
> (functional tests, agile methodology, etc) can't be assumed in a desktop environment.

Why not?

> You're looking for people with specific expertise with somewhat strange problems that your average web programmer just isn't suited to handle such as memory leaks

There are many apps out there that are suitable to be desktop programs. That specific expertise you're talking about is probably being unafraid to do stuff people want, instead of just another Twitter clone.

> I say this as someone who can hack in Ruby

The term "hack" is certainly overused recently. It used to mean something on the borderline of being illegal, or some artful workaround that's done in the interest of cutting corners, or some mindbogglingly experiment (like the Tesla Coil).

Not it's just related to meaning plain-old (and boring) programming. I blame the popularity of PG's essays for that ... yeah, we all want to be "hackers".
Finally, a Cool App on Facebook
Actually, it might even be sooner. A great deal of phones are getting updated to the 2.1 platform (hopefully in preparation for 2.2) and this data is basically from the beginning of the month until now. The first half of this month has been pretty active with updates already, so we should be seeing a big shift very soon.
New Features In Firewall Builder 4.0
Who sticks with what, where? Windows and Linux both have their uses. I use Windows because in my opinion Visual Studio is the best native code debugger ever created. I'm hardly a fanboy though, and I use Linux a lot (valgrind is awesome).
++ on the j-crew.
HFT is a zero sum game, and these firms just demonstrated that they exist to extract value from the market, not provide it liquidity

ALL companies exist to create wealth for their shareholders. Google does't provide search out of pure altruism, but providing their service and making money go hand in hand.

Incidentally this sort of trading is only zero-sum if you ignore time. Taking a position based on events that have not happened yet is in fact buying or selling risk.
Would you invest in a used car dealership? (I am not even joking. I am launching one later this year.)
Er...I think that's a rather strained construction. By 'algorithmic' I mean 'executed by a computer without human confirmation at time of execution,' rather than the general application of a methodology.
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> They shouldn't pre-emptively open up what they previously allowed to be shared in a restricted, private fashion.

It's interesting because, actually, that hasn't happened. Not recently anyway. People have just noticed recently, or taken particular offense.

The nice thing now is that it is completely opt out.
Amazon RDS (MySQL server service) now provides hot standby replication
As I noted on his blog, it is rather unfortunate that there aren't more Linux based point of sale systems out there.

I guess point of sale software is considered 'enterprisey' enough to warrant vendors wanting to run Windows and SQL Server for 'support' reasons.
What are the prevailing terms for angel deals you've seen recently, and what do you consider to be "market" right now?
Easy - my primary products are a JavaScript ebook and a time tracking SaaS for freelancers.

I didn't "get rich" selling books on how to get rich. I have two of what I call 'primary' products -- and the number is only growing.

One of the reasons geeks stay broke & unsuccessful is because they view anybody who charges for their knowledge with suspicion... regardless of evidence.
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I partly agree.
However, the problem is that the default of FB is to share everything to everybody and the average user isn't aware of that - if they knew, I don't think they'd be that comfortable with it.
I do the same thing, except I bought lots of socks of different colors from the same range. Best feeling ever - not having to pair socks. (and being told you're wearing odd socks like some kind of mad man)

Want to be friends?
I know it's not 100% derived from that, there are similarities in how it's articulated, though, one must acknowledge.
To be honest here; while kmavm has been showing "bias" by virtue of being a Facebooker he's presenting a reasonably valid view.. you are the one that appears to be on the verge of trolling/abusing (I realise that might not be intentional - so here's a heads up of how it looks).

I for one want to hear from kmavm - he has raised some clear points.

All in all... why don't we leave the sniping to one side.
I don't necessarily think it's irony. I don't think gambling is bad either. The stock market is still way better odds than the casino.
ING Direct has screwed me out of money, hence my downvote.
Did the "use the right tool for the job" message in the article go over your head?
I disagree. I found bzr to be a mishmash of poorly thought out options and features. A quick example: Compare bzr log's "-r" option to "git rev-list". bzr's "A..B" is stupidly inclusive on both ends making scripting very difficult.

If you want a really nice, consistent UI, check out darcs.
Using Javascript to Programmatically Untag Facebook Photos?
Having a standardized back button means that when I hit "back," I have* a hard time predicting what it's going to do. Same for "menu." Sometimes "back" goes back in history (e.g., browser), sometimes it goes back to the last activity (if I got here via a notification). Menu doesn't always work, and I have to tap it to see if what I want to do is in the list of options.

The iPhone's approach of putting these buttons on the screen has the major advantage that they are only visible when they actually have a purpose. Usually, the buttons are also labelled more specifically than simply "back" or "menu." For example, if you're looking at your folders in the Mail app, the back-equivalent button is labeled with "Accounts," indicating that hitting it will take you back to the accounts list. Also, the lack of a "menu" button discourages developers from just shoving everything into a menu. The result is that more common operations end up directly accessible (and immediately visible), while less common operations (if any) are usually tucked under a menu-equivalent "more" button.

The potential inconsistency in semantically-similar button placement between applications is mitigated through HIG enforcement. In practice, it's not an issue.

tl;dr: putting buttons on the screen instead of using physical buttons increases predictability.

* That said, I've gotten pretty good at predicting what back will do after several weeks of using my device (with the notable exception of GMail, which breaks back button behavior spectacularly). This was a huge pain point when I first got my device, though.
What's the name of the bank?
The right has been having "fits" about this since day one.
Google To Buy Global IP Solutions For $68.2 Million In Cash
Easy. Fonts can't be copyrighted.

Only the actual font file can be copyrighted. Not the shape of the font. So all you have to do is convert them to some other format.
I also had a BUH? moment at that.

14 copies spread among all the geeks on the internet.

I can feel the books in my hand already!
I'm quite certain they aren't doing traditional loans/investments
((Toast&Eggs)2&(Toast^Eggs))2+((Toast&Eggs)*2^(Toast^Eggs))
If you're cognizant of the fact that you aren't at risk immediately but could be, schedule an appointment with your General Practitioner as soon as you can.

Take some time to try and narrow down what is bringing you down and try to isolate those stressors for the time being. Go spend some time with those people who won't ask you questions and will just get it. We all have friends like that.

Most of all, hang in there.
That is not the point the Google spokesperson was trying to make.

The full quote: "It says a lot about Microsoft's approach to customer lock-in that the company touts its proprietary document formats, which only Microsoft software can render with true fidelity, as the reason to avoid using other products".

So they were complaining about MS making it hard to decode the Word format and making it tough to preserve format when importing.
You answered your own question.

Fonts can't be copyrighted. They didn't agree to any EULA. All they need to do is convert the font to some other format, and they are legal.

And BTW, this line is ridiculous: "It must be ensured that the Font Software cannot be fully or partially extracted from said documents".

It's possible to embed a subset of the characters, and that's what most require. But to prohibit even a subset? That means you can not use the fonts for any electronic documents whatsoever unless you convert them to bitmaps, which means they are almost useless for PDFs.

I personally would never buy a font with such a restriction unless all I made was print.

BTW, if you want to be legal, just download (pirate) the font file, and convert it to some other format. You never agreed to a EULA, and fonts can't be copyrighted (only the original file can be).

In theory they could complain about the original pirate act, but they would have zero evidence, and any subsequent usage is legal.