skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a project of mine that I have worked on in varying degrees for the past year and I'm very happy to see it go live, even if it's not 100% yet.

I created ScoreYard because, as a parent of 3 kids who are active in different sports, I thought it was ridiculously hard for me to keep track of their ever changing schedules, and for the coaches to communicate out to the parents. Some use email, some use phone trees, some use smoke and a blanket...

Then you add in the complication of me keeping out of town family updated on schedules (they would often be in town for a weekend and want to catch a game), and my head nearly exploded.

Anyways, I started building ScoreYard on my own last year. I had the idea, I had the skillset to build it, but I just didn't have the man hours. So, in Jan of this year I brought on two co-founders. One rockstar developer, and one socially connected marketer.

After bringing on the co-founders, a lot has changed. We basically scrapped 99% of the code I had written and started fresh. Now we're in the mindset of "get it out there" and will be pushing new features as quickly as we can.

Right now we're most focused on getting feedback. We aren't building this in a silo and want do our best at building out features users actually want vs what we think they want. Be it design feedback, functionality feedback, or just bug reports, we want to hear it.

Feel free to contact me directly: Levi@ScoreYard.com
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Hey, I just quit my job recently and my goal is to travel to as many places as possible for a year. My flight to Saigon is this Sunday, and I'm planning to do the whole country tour from Hanoi to the South for about 2 weeks. Let me know if you're interested in meeting up, just dropped you an email.
They've been coming Any Day Now for the past year.

I don't think they're ever gonna show up. Face it: the value proposition when compared to x86 Windows netbooks is negative.
I guess Facebook will reveal these details.
Ah, but insider trading concerns shares, which are (usually) highly liquid and have a proven market value. As for IP, if a company is patents/trademarks/copyrights an asset, they anticipate that the asset is valuable enough to defend legally. This may or may not be the case, depending on the asset in question.

A startup's stealth product is unproven, and it may turn out that it has little or no value.

Hence: whether or not information has value depends on the information in question.
Thanks for your inputs, they're insightful. Tapping into my local network might work only so much in my case - most folks aren't too active on Twitter.

But I'm not going to give this up so easily - i will give it my sincerest shot. I guess the hard part's figuring out what works and what doesn't.
But what about a battlefield surveillance drone that can loiter for months?

Or a flying antennae that can provide GSM/Wifi/etc over a festival or disaster site at a few hours notice?
If you install Gnome Color Chooser you can select 'compact profile' which is a global setting for padding. It shrinks all of your buttons and other white space without you having to edit the theme by hand:

sudo apt-get install gnome-color-chooser

Find it in System→Prefs menu after install
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And I'm sure there are also people who bought the phone and never set up Facebook
This IS an evented system.
It's definitely not a drag! If you're anything like I was when I started, it will take a lot of work to get the basic moves right. There are reasons for how each technique is performed, so it's important to understand them. Your form noticeably improves the more you practice. Martial arts are one of those things that you naturally improve at the longer you do it.

Plus most classes will mix up the basics with other stuff like forms and different kinds of sparring, so you won't spend the whole time doing repetitive exercises.
Thoughts on hovering: My laptop has a capacitive Wacom panel which can detect the presence of the pen about an inch above the screen. You can track the mouse around the screen without ever actually touching the screen. This allows for full hovering ability. Why not implement this for smaller devices like phones?
I want to toboggan/sled in Antarctica. I don't see it happening any time soon, but I should probably go for it while I'm still young and limber.
I don't think that's unreasonable if you're reasonably sure your audience is close to entirely IE.

When I make websites I have no time for ideals or philosophical statements, I look for where my market is now and where it's going in the short term, and make my decisions based on that.
La renta variable, pendiente de la macroeconomía
As an individual I would, if of course the payment was for appropriate value.

The concern I'm talking about is ending up with an entirely orphaned product, which is pretty much what this guy is potentially doing since he's not allowing for the possibility of a community developing.

This is particularly bad since his product is an embedded .NET database. The .NET ecosystem is evolving at a healthy rate (compare to the RSN Java 7), especially WRT databases and I suspect it won't continue to be useful after very long. That was also an issue with CityDesk, which is an HTML etc. editor/lightweight CMS, since that is evolving at a healthy clip as well.
Thats the catch 22 of it all. I get plenty of sleep, at least 9 hours a night. So when I'm up I'm full of it an could easily do a long run as I'm fully rested and ready to go.

The only way to find more time to run is to sleep less which is obviously bad.

I've never tried the ice bath, ibuprofen and recovery but I've certainly had beer. Thanks for your advice.
I was referring to the second example, using threads. Specifically this claim:

In Clojure we don't need to use callbacks. This means for common things like talking to databases, we don't need them to have asynchronous interfaces. That's because we have really fantastic primitives in the language itself for dealing with concurrency. This code runs twice as fast as the Node.js counterpart - probably due to the excellent perf of Clojure coupled with leveraging multiple cores.
While this is a very interesting article, I think it would be great if people stopped using "How to do x in y lines of code" titles - it's just as bad as "x things about y" titles. It's a lot better when title actually describes what the article is really about.

It would be awesome if this was added to the FAQ or something.
From the article: "He set up a Blogger account under the name Robin Sage, named after the U.S. Army Special Forces training exercise. Robin Sage is the final phase of special forces training before becoming a Green Beret -- but even that apparently didn't tip off some military and intelligence community people who accepted LinkedIn invitations or Facebook friend requests from her."

I wonder if that helped. It should've been a red flag to any former special forces, but for others who had only heard about it once or twice in passing, it might've reassured them. "Robin Sage, that name sounds vaguely familiar".
Ask HN: Using or developing for "Personal Internet Viewers" Sony Dash, Chumby...
1) Do you use a "Personal Internet Viewer"? What's the most interesting use for you?

2) Are you thinking about developing for these devices?
Given that it's a 504 error, it looks like the app server died or is out of threads/processes. It's hard to take technical advice from someone who doesn't do simple things like enable caching in their CMS. Chances are nginx would still be serving the content if it were a cached resource.
I'm not sure why "Perpetual Flight" would have anything to do with airliners - typically you would prefer to land those fairly often. This would never need to land, signifying to me that it would be useful as an automated drone of some sort, possibly a cheaper alternative to a geosynchronous satellite.
I had a close friend die from a crash on a moped due to him not wearing a helmet.

I suggest you suck it up and wear one regardless of the heat if you either: use your head for a living, or just value your life.
Don't get killed by a bear or experience any other medical emergency during a week-long, dispersed camping trip in northern California.
I hitchhiked around Argentina and Chile 2 years ago, and the experience has been far and away the best thing I've done in my life. I'm currently gearing up for a much longer trip, if I can just figure out where.

My old roommate spent a few weeks hitching around Japan and loved it. He had no trouble at all, and the people were all really nice.

You might want to read Hokkaido Highway Blues if you haven't yet.
Thanks for the link. My current structured procrastination is reading HN and lot of technical articles. I think I should stop doing that and start coding more.
I'm trying to figure out: (1) how much time a newborn will actually demand from me and my wife, and (2) how we will fit in all the things we have decided must continue to happen (e.g. me still having a fulltime job, both of us getting regular exercise and a bit of downtime, etc).
Total cost of software ownership
Do you know http://m.xkcd.com ? No hover needed.
I'm with you there. The dentist I have now I really feel like I can trust and she's given me a care plan that isn't just the highest priced option, but all my options. She recently went in to do a root canal and found out I didn't need one when she could've just as easily done it and charged me for it.

But I do agree, I think once I've gotten the work done, taking caring of them should be easier.
Just install the PwdHash Firefox add-on, and keep using the same password everywhere (just prefix it with F2) https://www.pwdhash.com/
Bad title dude.

"And as for revenue, I’m on pace this year to exceed six figures solely from monetizing Android apps."

Making 6 figures with Android Apps would have got you to the top of the home page.
They don't use infinite threads, just a thread pool.
The DF article said they sold 503 devices "before they pulled the plug." I'm sure MS didn't go around getting all the un-sold devices back from vendors -- they continued selling their stock. It's just that 503 devices were sold when MS decided to kill the program.
Why don't you reply with some data to have an informed conversation, I'm not your query engine. Know how to google?
Banging pots and pans together will usually scare bears away. If not, just remember you don't have to outrun the bear - you just have to outrun your slowest friend.
Thanks for being open to suggestions. Maybe on the documentation homepage? http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Home
Crowdfunding Petition posted by SEC
6 Points You Need To Know Before You Create Your First Ecommerce Website
If you have never run an ecommerce business, and only have a small budget to build your online business, you will probably want to hire some freelance designers or developers who can help you build an suitable online shopping cart, and begin selling. Here are a 6 points you should know to save time ...
turning my ventures profitable enough to do whatever I want, whenever and wherever I want. Then do a couple of Kids. If I could just find out how to do tweens, priceless.

Bottleneck: have two kids at once, and gain some 2 years (time between first and second kid)
im like the last person you should ask about embedded linux. ive done a smattering of projects but nothing detailed enough to advise :)

that said, i think the svideo thing is a 50/50 linuxwiki/TI problem. on one hand, the linux community loves to say "oh you know, just recompile the kernel" and on the other hand, TI should have made a completely ready-to-go bootimage one could download that demos -everything- on the board.
Dear Microsoft employee,

This pamphlet is to bring you up to speed on our corporate strategy to keep users locked into the new versions of Office we're churning out and to apprise you of our ongoing efforts to stifle web innovation...
"When someone is suffering from depression, they are sick."

That's what drug companies say. Another theory is that depression is a healthy response to something in the outer or inner life that must change. So a bout of depression, uncomfortable as it may be, can be integral to growth.
Written by the poster-boy for all that's wrong with the world's economies.

This is is the man who exploited lax regulation, using strategies later called 'reckless' by inquiry, ultimately requiring the 27bn bailout of Northern Rock. His latest book attacks governments who bail out corporations, and calls for less regulation. His opinions are beneath contempt.

http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2010/06/19/ridleyed-with-err...
I'm wondering why google.co.uk has a Male-Female Ratio of 1.35.
My current life goals are to run a marathon this summer (I'm running a half marathon this month) and to practice yoga daily.
I've also been working on a project to help people accomplish their life goals: http://yana.com
If you want to check it out, the beta code is "ycnews"
A positive side-effect of this is that it would force leaders to articulate in their minds for themselves, exactly what it is they're trying to accomplish. I've seen the described phenomenon a lot and it has been very demoralizing, but I think the root cause is that a lot of leaders seem to be unaware of what their company is trying to be and do.
In my eyes it's more structured, since it's all data structures.
I want to start a company that builds solar panels in space.

Roadblocks (the ones I think are the biggest anyway):

Supply Chain. Probably going to first need a way to or supplier who can mine and process materials from somewhere other than Earth.

Infrastructure. Definitely going to need some sort of factory in space in which this operation can be done.

Knowledge. I don't know anything about manufacturing in space. There's some research in the area, but my guess is that the knowledge base just doesn't exist.

edit: formatting
plurk themselves recently moved away from netty and towards node. While you could argue this was a bad choice, it is an interesting footnote:

http://amix.dk/blog/post/19490#Plurk-Instant-conversations-u...
See, that method never worked for me. How many easy to remember sentences are there where I know every word exactly?
Bruce Schneier: Threat of 'cyberwar' has been hugely hyped
They are located---surprise, surprise---in California. Non-completes and some other legal tools Amazon might use are non-operative there.
Implantable Eye Telescope That Treats AMD Finally Gets FDA Approval
The complimentary room service thing is probably a poor choice, as the people you conned will likely call the front desk when it doesn't arrive, realize something is up, and cancel the card.
Indian law for transparency just a good first step
What use would a phone the seemed dedicated to Facebook be without setting up Facebook?
#2 is something that I am already in the process of setting up. I am going to leave my main card at home, and then setup standing orders to transfer my pocket money into my new account every week. This seems like the most logical way to reign in unnecessary spending.

The other practice I want to get in the habit of is telling my self that I can only spend money if I have earned it from doing extra work, be it web design, cutting a hedge etc. That should motivate me to get out and about to earn extra on the side.

Its going to be very tough thats for sure, then again some of the happiest times of my life have been when ive been broke.
I've seen Microsoft brag about how popular Silverlight is because of the number of downloads. I myself have downloaded the installer at least 10 times on various machines trying to get some demos working, and I've always had problems during installation. I wonder how many "users" Microsoft thinks I am, since I currently don't have a single working installation.

edit: In case it isn't clear, my point is that there's a lot of ways that number can be inaccurate and bloated. How many prototypes and test devices are there? How many demos?
...says the person replying on an internet forum...
I hadn't heard of either of those, so I looked them up. Looks somewhat interesting, but I think I'd personally rather have an iPad.

Links for others that haven't heard of these devices:

Sony Dash
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryD...

Chumby
http://www.chumby.com/
Climategate Inquiry Clearly Ignores Wrongdoing
Yes. Unless this is going to be one of those "Atari 2600 E.T. cartridge" situations -- where you find a reason to dig a giant hole in the desert and bury all your warehoused stock -- every Kin that was manufactured is going to end up being turned on somewhere, somehow, at some price. And surely they manufactured far more than a few thousand.
I hesitate to suggest parenting techniques, because each child is different. Rather, a story of what works for us: Our son is 10 months old and he uses 1 diaper a day (max). My wife loosely followed the tenets of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination_communication and "The Diaper Free Baby"

Early on you put the child on the potty when they have a high likelihood of needing to pee/poop. You keep a potty nearby, put them on it 10 times a day and make it fun: read books while they sit on it. He learned to associate peeing/pooping with the potty very quickly. After 3 months or so he will now generally wait for the potty. He has his little routine and my wife knows the general times he needs to go and puts him on the pot. He only uses a diaper when in the car or sometimes at night.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that EC/Diaper Free Baby suggest the reason babies commonly pee on you when you remove their diaper is that it goes against their instinct to soil themselves in their diaper. When you remove it, its time to go! The argument is that a baby who is afforded the opportunity to learn to use the potty quickly will be happier. My son is very happy to use the pot. In fact he is sitting on it right now :)
Depends on where 'abroad' is. If you're coming to Europe it's not much. Also don't underestimate how much COL has risen across the world the last couple of years. Yes you can still live cheap in the countryside of China or Angola, but the 'connected' places across the world aren't that cheap any more.
You might be right, but I run for a club and race regularly so its not like I'm coming at this from nothing. But thanks for your feedback.
First of all, congrats! I have a three month old, and all I can say is that you just learn to cope. I've realized that some of my goals are going to have to slip for the time being while I care for my wonderful little girl. As for exercise, planning makes all of the difference! I bike to/from work or exercise over lunch, while my wife works out after work while I pick our daughter up from daycare (we alternate days). On the weekends we use a jogging stroller to get our hearts pumping while the little one snoozes away...
Indeed, with enough magical legal verbiage and enough slightly unrelated drawing, you could. It probably would not be a valid patent, or maybe only valid on some not too interesting point, but validity does not really matters for patent holder playing cold war with their portfolio...
Good skills - keep on practicing!
Congrats! Here's the advice of a father of two:

1) Less and more than you think. Bank on at least one to two hours out of every four (that's about their sleep-wake cycle for the first couple months). Very little of it is hard if they're not sick, but the cycle is relentless.

2) Babies are very portable for the first 6 months or so b/c they're so oblivious to the world. Wake-up, change them, feed them, interact for a while, put them back to sleep for another 2 hours and they don't care what else you're doing. One parent having a full time job is easy, two is expensive and hard. Downtime is plentiful because of the frequent naps. Ditto for exercise as long as you're going one at a time while the other tends baby and unwinds.

Ironically, scheduling is much harder once the baby sleeps through the night, because at that age they're much more alert and aware during the day and therefore need a more rigid nap time routine. It gets a little better around 12-18 months when they go from two naps to one, and even better around 3-4 yrs when they drop the daytime nap and stay up all day.
> Their main problem is that their release cycles are too long across all of their product lines.

You can't please everybody. You mush choose between offering a cutting edge product and a stable one. Windows thrives on stability-staleness. Make updates too frequent and users will learn not to depend on browser specificities, API quirks and specific technologies. If Microsoft teaches its clients to be vendor-independent, they'll be doomed.
not quite the same, but i live in thailand for about 1/2 of each year and i live about an hour boat ride from ang thong national park ( random pic http://www.thailand-travelonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008... )

and i usually stay the night. 2 or 3 times that i've been there, i see massive bioluminecents in the water. not sure exacly what causes it. but in the middle of the night ill go into the ocean and spash and its the brightest purple you've ever seen. like when you hit the water it 'activates' something and explodes with color.

anyway. i do have the internet right here. should probably look that up. its amazing.
What's your present rank? I'm not devoting much time to it right now, but I'm trying to go from 10k -> 5k. (My efforts were re-invigorated when I got the iPad app from Many Faces of Go).
Twitter = Fastest Growing Search Engine
I bought an air horn. If I don't need it for bears, it should be a funny alarm clock for my buddies. ;)
I've seen many applications that were created under that assumption ("they're 'intranet' apps, and IE is our corporate browser") only to become extranet applications quite suddenly - undermining that assumption by merely replacing "in" with "ex" in the functional spec.

It's not just a philosophical statement. It's a practical matter. Unless your plan is to high-tail it out of there and leave it to someone else to maintain your mess, that is.
The self-healing thing in Minix 3 really works.

Some years ago I installed Minix 3 on a very old Thinkpad that had an esoteric video hardware quirk that would crash most OS's. It was "designed for Windows 95" and by God they meant it because you couldn't run anything else on it. Neither Linux nor Windows 98 would run for very long before the hardware would cause a driver crash and a kernel panic/bluescreen (even in text mode). But with Minix 3 the video driver would just transparently restart after each crash, so smoothly that I wouldn't notice it unless I was watching the logs.
I'm not familiar with node.js. What engine is used to run the stand-alone JS? Is it inevitable that is it limited to a single core?
My personal belief is that MOST of the time, open source will still win out - but that isn't some sort of fundamental rule of the universe. Any discussion of TCO that doesn't bring up support is missing the mark.

In this particular example I agree 7zip is a better choice, but many other open source projects either have a paid support plan or lackluster support (meaning you'll be supporting it yourself). Both of those scenarios need to be calculated into the TCO.
After completing a compiler/language and used it for the ICFP contest i'm now thinking of making a debugger/ide for it.
I was in a bay in the east of Puerto Rico last year where they had bioluminecent bacteria in the water, where you could kayak through. I guess it's not the same as going deep sea but it's a lot more in reach I guess - you could do it for a grand over a weekend :)