skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You might not have a choice, though. Better be prepared for other scenarios (bad health, etc).
Is it a crime to put your life into creating something, marketing it extremely well, attracting a ton of avid fans/users, and deciding that he or she doesn't want others undercutting the price?
Good points. I really like the analogy with the female common by-phrase you brought up, which surprisingly I hadn't thought of. Of course, this helps you in some ways, but still doesn't address how to teach properly when the opportunity arises.

> And if you win an intellectual argument, are you really winning?

I've come to believe that unless you're in a debate team somewhere or are a teacher/prof at a school, the answer to that question is almost always 'No'.
Because this is the latest media du jour.

It's like consumer reports saying it can't recommend the phone despite them rating it the highest rated smartphone. The whole antenna thing is completely overblown.
Happy 10th anniversary, Perl 6
The Perl 6 project 10 years old today
fair enough. I'd still like to do some job that is more socially involved and keeps me standing up every day, and talking to people. We have a fairly wealthy guy in his sixties who decided to work as a manager just to have something to do every day. Along with that my similarly-aged pension-era parents are starting a business for the first time.
My point is that retirement isn't a requirement for living your older years. If anything retirement is more of a nascent American concept.
Thanks for these good advise and for the links.
Tea Anyone?
New startup-friendly space "SOMAcentral" in SoMa $1000/mo for office
Blog post includes 7 minute video showing neighborhood & space.
"relied on crushed Ritalin"

Yea, people crush Ritalin to get high, because it speeds absorption. Also, 'his friends' did this? Is he really that gutless that he can't own up to taking a few pills in college?

I can say that I have taken Ritalin with a prescription, and at appropriate doses I didn't have any such loss of creativity. Ritalin causes a release of dopamine, which makes things more interesting (it also acts as a more general stimulant). You feel wide awake and things seem interesting, that was my entire experience. When Ritalin wears off you basically feel crappy, as you do with any old school stimulant.

Provigil, of course, is not Ritalin, they act in almost completely different ways and are basically not comparable. Provigil is not very effective at preventing distractions, it has a tiny effect on dopamine. Provigil wakes you up so that you don't feel sleepy, which is about the extent of it. Usually feeling wide awake puts you in a generally good mood. It is hard to get work done when you are fighting sleepyness. So in that sense, you do accomplish more while taking it, since you are feeling refreshed and able to tackle things. The downside is that it is easy to forget that you still need to rest the same amount, and the effects of lack of sleep are not changed at all (if you stay up a long time on provigil, you don't feel tired, but you are still impaired by the lack of sleep just the same).
Its great to save up but imagine you get a chronic illness or cancer and you have a 20% deductible on your insurance. Suddenly your life savings are gone or seriously reduced.
So you would like to complain that the article is unscientific, but counter with snake oil?
I think that this is a misconception that results from the frequent failure of people to make the distinction verbally between "Thesis is legally required to be GPL if redistributed" and "Thesis is GPL". I expect most of the people who make this mistake are aware of the distinction and are simply using "Thesis is GPL" as shorthand for "Thesis is required to be GPL", but it leads to confusion as in your comment.

IANAL, but the following is my understanding based on the my lack of awareness of anyone licensing code as GPL (even the FSF) who has ever claimed that what you suggest is legal.

Thesis is currently under whatever proprietary license Pearson distributes it under. He probably is legally required to distribute it only under the GPL. There are two obvious ways he can deal with this: stop distributing it or distribute it under the GPL. In the event that he takes the latter path, then people will be able to legally copy/distribute/modify/fork/sell Thesis. However, for now, no one has any license to Thesis' code other than what Pearson has granted them.

The GPL can't force code to be released under the GPL. It can only forbid releasing it under other terms.
If by doing so you violate copyright law by using someone else's code in a way disallowed by the license under which you got access to the code in the first place, then yes.

(I'm not well enough versed in this particular debate to weigh in, but there is an answer to that question, in general, and it hinges on specific details of one's implementation of "creating something.")
The blog has a 7 minute video showing the neighborhood & office.
Sorry, I'm not interested in moving. All I need is to gain experience and more knowledge in web development and extra income would be great. Anyways thank you. Also I send you the links to my projects.
Pricing details also on blog; $1k/mo for windowless office or bullpen; $1.5k/mo for window office.
Good point , I'm not so good at SEO but I'll do my best.
It is illegal to take someone else's copyrighted code and create derivative works of and redistribute it in ways they have expressly forbidden you to do so in the license which gives you your right to use it.
Okay, then another question: if after you read the title, someone asked you something about the author so that you had to "instantiate" the author in your head, which sex would you think of? Is it likely than anyone would think of a woman? Is it then true that we're hiding women behind a male pronoun? Surely it's impossible to picture a "prototypical human" without gender, no?

Don't get me wrong. I don't believe in the strict male/female binary or in universal identity, and I don't know if a woman inherently writes different from a man. But I do think that language's assumptions shape the way we think, and therefore the laws we make. That is enough for me to seek a more neutral and equitable way of speaking.
That's a very uncharitable comment.

Millions of Nigerians work honest jobs to feed and educate their children. It's hard enough that they have to live through the negative stereotype caused by less than 0.1% who are bad guys.

Think about that for a second.
Hacking Facebook with HTML5
If you guys are fans of Don Draper, here is the real life Don Draper, a guy named Steve Frankfurt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjDSqQmcc90
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=j.m.k.e&aq=f punk ftw
One Half a Manifesto (thoughts on the singularity)
Asking students to memorize Shakespeare is a proxy for asking them to understand it. By asking them to memorize it, anyone with an intellect and an interest will take the opportunity to study it, while still leaving incapable students with a way to make the grade.

If you don't think that incapable high school students ought to have a way to make the grade, you have a problem with a lot more than this teacher's assignment.

That said, I think there are much worse things a teenager could do with his time than simply memorizing passages of literature. The art that lives in my mind has given me great comfort and inspiration already in my short life.
People can communicate by smell too - willy-nilly. Most often it's bacteria on human skin that detects changes - such as stress hormones - and respond in their own ways. Some people can smell stress in other people.
What gokhan said is right. Razor will be built-in to the next rev of ASP.Net MVC (and in fact will be the default view engine). They're also supposed to be releasing a preview of the next rev of MVC soon, which will include Razor support.

That said, +MILLION to your comment about gems. No, .NET doesn't really have anything like that. There have been a few projects that have tried to take it on, but nothing has ever hit critical mass.
This reminded me of the Philips ad 'Carousel' (related only by its name, and that it also happens to be an excellent ad):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3D4CqHbJM
"I count 33 synoptic documents at perlcabal.org. Synopses 2 through 6 tend to be fairly stable, although changes still occur. The remainder of the synopses are still drafts for the most part, awaiting more feedback from implementations and language use."

This is why when people like chromatic invariably comment in a "still waiting for perl 6 thread" that "you can write perl 6 now!!11!" I roll my eyes. (Quietly. So they'll go away.)
There is always someone who wants to kill the fun :).

Seriously, let us have some and see for ourselves.
I do this a lot too and it annoys the hell out of everyone around me.

YouTube Repeater (http://www.youtuberepeater.com) is super useful if you're like me and listen to most of your stuff online.

Also, to answer the main question: Enter Shikari.
It does not actually work like this. I am sure Thesis does include at least some original (i.e., not previously GPLed) work. Thus, the person that created that original work is the proper copyright holder. Thus, if you copy Thesis you will be guilty of copyright infringement, and the fact that it does include some GPL code won't help you.

As the matter now stands, if it is true that they use GPLed code, that means that whoever distributes Thesis is guilty of copyright infringement, which means that the owner of the original GPLed code can sue Thesis for lots of money. But that does not mean that anyone can copy Thesis.

Put in other words, the viral effect of the GPL is not automatic. If you use GPLed code in your code it does not mean that your code is automatically GPLed. It means that you have a choice to (i) voluntarily GPL your code, (ii) get rid of the GPLed code from your code or (iii) be guilty of copyright infringement and face the consequences.

This is intended as an intellectual discussion of the matter and is not legal advice.
Good luck buying a new brain ;)

Brain transplants is the area of Sci-Fi for now.
Coffee at least preventing liver cancer and some other diseases. Check why Sergey Brin drinks coffee every day, even if he hates it.

I don't drink Coca-Cola because I don't like it's taste. But coffee is like blood in my veins.
I work in bursts and prefer this way. Better bursts, that work fulltime but slowly.
I've seen these exact same ideas before on other blogs. In fact I get a weird sense that I've seen the exact wording before. Whether it was someone quoting No Silver Bullet or Peopleware or Joel Spolsky I don't know...
No. Copyright infringement is a crime, however.
My day job.
Im mostly interested right now in python web apps and node.js type projects. A couple things I whipped up recently:

whosreppin.me : A site to connect voters with their local reps (django)

hckrn.ws : A mini hacker news targeted for mobile devices (node.js / couchdb)

Is that what you were looking for?
It's interesting to imagine those may be more attributable to women than men, in general.

I think there is some truth to that. I suspect that it's not "genetic" (or whatever) so much as economic (for lack of a better word). But that's probably a very long, controversial, off-topic discussion. :-D
Oakland, CA. Oh but I should add I'm ok w/ remote.
Yes, but your math only works if you don't exceed the life expectancy... if you want to be reasonably sure to have money into your 90s, you'll need more.
And yet, this is phrased to suggest we've made a mistake, and we should be fearful of its consequences. I guess he's speaking to educated people :).
Open Betas for IPD Guides Available for Download
Apple's condescending iPhone 4 press conference.
233 U.S. city domain names available to pre-register (.CO)
What happened to HTTP authentication?
His complaint (and one I share) is that most blog posts about nootropics are actually about stimulants, while there are actually several nootropics that are well-studied, reasonably safe, and probably effective * , but since they don't get you wired, they're apparently too boring to mention.

* though my stance on this is that you're better off actually getting enough sleep, eating well, taking it easy on caffeine and alcohol, and then seeing if you're still fixated on smart drugs. Piracetam is probably the most benign, though.
Also, for you information:

1. Moore's Law is over. Google "More-Than-Moore" (MTM).

2. Who said Moore's Law apply to human brains? ;)
I have the Vornado fan you discuss. I agree that the design of the dial doesn't make sense, but the fan itself is reliable and high quality. Sometimes you have to overlook interface issues if they don't affect the overall usability of the product.
There's been times when republican government was suspended and dictator/imperial leaders came to power.

This just rings wrong.

I think you're conflating the actions of individuals in power and the fundamental nature of government systems.

Even a president who takes more power than is normally granted him hasn't necessarily established anything like different governing system.

Whatever the excess power US presidents may at time have taken upon themselves has virtually always been within the form of the US constitution. We might consider their actions ill-legitimate but such illegitimacy is different from the question of whether they were creating a different system of government.

Oliver Cromwell unambiguously suspended the British Monarchy. I don't think you find anything similar in US history post 1776.
I find it useful to remember that finance can only solve problems to the extent that it changes what people do in the real world. What is retirement savings, but a way for older people to convince younger people to do work for them? Money is a persuasive way of doing that, but regardless it's older people depending on younger people to take care of them.

Compare these scenarios:
- people save for retirement, so many old people are have money to spend. Lots of young people go into occupations that help old people because that's where the money is.
- the government provides pensions, so many old people have money to spend. Lots of young people go into occupations that help old people because that's where the money is.

Either way, the real-world effect is the work that young people do.

There are always risks and they can't be wished away. The government could change the pension plan. (But note that in the U.S, social security is very well defended in Congress, and more older voters makes it more secure.) Or the price of services that old people need could go up because there are fewer workers or because they dislike the work.

As an individual, having above-average savings helps, but by definition everyone can't be above-average. If all retirees double their savings and supply is fixed then inflation is inevitable. To a first approximation the only real-world solutions are to increase the number of workers (immigration or increased birth rate) or to to increase productivity so fewer younger workers are needed.
Hah, just watched the movie Charade last night where exactly this happens.
Yes, exactly!

What drew you to these projects?
Better in what way? I haven't yet thought "I wish Dropbox did this-or-that". What am I missing out on?
I don't know- the Polar monitor sounds pretty unintuitive to me. It could work well if the non-button actions (such as moving the watch close to the strap) are communicated effectively and are implemented perfectly, but if not, I can see a lot of confusion.

I think those two things (communication and implementation) are what makes Apple's interfaces great. As an example, the iPhone's touch screen is good enough that it almost always does what you expect- which was huge compared to other touch screens at the time the phone was introduced. I remember trying out an LG touch screen in the store, and it felt like using the iPhone screen through a thin layer of mud. Even if their interface was simple and easy to use, a few misinterpreted presses would exasperate new users.

As for communicating features, I think Apple's commercials do a good job of showing how the devices are used. Granted, it's easier to explain interfaces when they are minimal...
Talking about nootropics is one of the recurring HN threads. (Next up? Probably polyphasic sleep.)

See also: (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1211959)
So remembering who that's important, not what or how.
Movies are much too subjective. 12 monkeys had some fine writing, but the editing, direction, and acting are way better in Inception (IMO of of course). Is it an all time great? Not sure, but it's a darn fine movie
The interesting thing about index funds is that the better they work, the worse they work. If everybody put their money into an index fund, then nobody would be actively researching stocks, and the valuations reflected in the index would be wildly out of whack with respect to the true values of the stock. But if nobody puts money into an index fund, then we have a lot of people chasing high returns, a very efficient price-discovery system, and index funds that should return the exact mean of all your actively-managed funds.

As a very broad heuristic, I take the size of the financial industry to be a pretty good indicator of the efficiency of index funds. When the financial industry is large, you have many eyes actively looking over stocks, an efficient market, and index funds that should track the performance of the underlying assets well. When the financial industry is small, you have fewer eyes keeping an active watch on stocks, and so you're often better off becoming one of them than sticking everything into a dumb index fund. Right now, the financial industry is still pretty large.

As another interesting heuristic, I've found that oftentimes the best asset class to invest in is the one that everybody is certain is a bad investment. In the early 2000s, that was probably precious metals; in 2007, it was cash. Both asset classes have zoomed up since then. You don't want to invest in asset classes that people are actively looking at and decide are bad investments, though (eg. penny stocks). You want asset classes that people just take on faith to be bad investments.
I wouldn't recommend learning assembly on the 8080 or 8086. These systems are register-poor, which makes programming on them frustrating. Instead, try ARM or perhaps MIPS. If you learn ARM, you'll probably end up programming at a higher level on it in the future.

On second thought, learn assembly language for a platform you can run it on. If you only have x86, learn 8086.
Quick tip: "I would listen to there questions" should be "I would listen to their questions". Saw the mistake in your blog post several times and thought I'd point it out as nobody has yet and it makes an otherwise good article appear amateurish.

Mastering the difference between there/their/they're is a good skill to have :)
Tell HN: A Facebook Charity to gather all free credits? 
Facebook seems to be handing out free credits to everyone (10-20 credits). Acording to Facebook 10 credits are equal to 1$.
Even if Facebook pays just 40% amount to the app developer, given number of Facebook users the amount is quite significant.

E.g. Assuming 20 million FB users (who aren't interested in playing games or using credits) get 10 free credits on average and donate them to the charity app (by just clicking a button). The final amount would be ~ 20 mil * 1$ * 40% * 20%( participation) = 1.6 million dollars!

What do you think about this idea!
Arguably pedantic note: under most jurisdictions, copyright infringement is a non-criminal offense in civil law.
Except the human brain doesn't have the capacity to process so fast that seconds turns into years.

None the less, the movie was entertaining and I'm just gonna leave it there. I know movie logic shouldn't be a comparison to real world logic, but the geek in me can't help but point out illogical happenings in the film.
I am sure most people in Afghanistan prefer contacts to glasses. This is very useful info for them.
MySQL's Monty Widenius on "Open Source Company" and MySQL history
http://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Technical-Leader-Problem-Solv...

You may want to buy it directly: http://www.dorsethouse.com/books/btl.html
Also, this double rainbow phenomenon explained: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI
While the lambda pointer is certainly not the prettiest thing in the world, "x=> { CODE }" isn't all that different from "do |x| CODE end". You might prefer one over the other - and perhaps the Ruby one is easier to learn if you learn it first - but I don't think there is a big difference.

On the other hand, you're certainly right that the code I wrote is longer than yours. You are also correct that it ties itself to the Artist class, but that was because I was only exercising the use of C#'s version of blocks - not dynamic awesomesauce like method_missing. Method_missing is also possible to do in C# with .Net 4, as I'm sure you know.

A more complete rewrite of your example might be along the lines of:

//have to inherit from DynamicObject to get special dynamic treatment
public class DynamicXmlElement : DynamicObject
{
private XElement _element;

public DynamicXmlElement(XElement element)
{
_element = element;
}

//C# 4 equiv of method_missing
public override bool TryGetMember(GetMemberBinder binder, out object result)
{
if(_element.Element(binder.Name) == null)
return false;
result = _element(binder.Name).Value;
return true;
}
}

//changed this to use Action<dynamic>
public void ParseKey(XDocument doc, string elName, Action<dynamic> block)
{
foreach(var node in doc.Elements(elName))
block(new DynamicXmlElement(node));
}

public void Main()
{
var doc = XDocument.Load("..\db\music.xml");

ParseKey(doc, "Artist", artist=>{
Db.SaveArtist(artist.ArtistId, artist.Name);
Console.WriteLine(artist.Name);
});

ParseKey(doc, "Genre", genre=>{
Db.SaveGenre(genre.GenreId, genre.Name);
Console.WriteLine(genre.Name);
});
}

That said, yes, you can do this with less work/ceremony in Ruby as you've shown. I'm a big fan of Ruby and I'm glad you're showing MS devs what makes it so cool. I just don't want anyone to get the impression that some of these basic things are things that simply cannot be done in C#.
Picking the best actually makes a lot of sense when benchmarking in most cases. Certainly more meaningful than the mean or median. I am not sure gc is one of those cases, though.
Technologically Illiterate Students
Neil Tyson talks about UFOs and the argument from ignorance.
Also, out of curiosity: why did you disable comments on your latest post? The comments seemed pretty civil in the previous post.
My grandfather’s iPad
Good question about the Polar monitor's moving-the-watch-to-the-strap action. I find it works about 90% of the time. It gives an audible beep when it senses that motion. Like you said, it's important a device quickly give you feedback whenr an action has been accomplished.

Yes, Apple's commercials are quite effective at showing intuitive user experiences. For example, the Mover app where you transfer pictures by flicking them to another iPhone: they only showed the app for a second, but you understood the interface right away. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mover-lite/id312165666?mt=8)