skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I swear by it. Haven't used shaving cream in probably 2-3 years and I have a very thick fast growing beard. I use a little lather from the soap bar while in the shower and rinse the blade in a cup of piping hot water between strokes. I find that the increased sensitivity on the skin prevents me from pushing to hard or performing too many repeat strokes (which is where I usually get my razor burn from).
Scientists Have Discovered Antibodies That Can Protect Against AIDS
Three power antibodies have been disclosed by scientists. These antibodies can help us to protect us from fatal and dangerous virus of AIDS. Now scientists are trying their best to create a vaccine against HIV from these antibodies. Some patients suffering from AIDS.
America's Best Places to Live
The last third of the linked page is devoted to giving credit to work that they built upon, including MIT's Open Blocks, Scratch and Logo, as well as GNU Kawa.
ok, but the URL still reads 'i-swearing' like some sort of Apple fanboy or humour site.

It's also incredibly slow to load.

Can't comment much on the idea though since my idea of fashion is whatever is at the top of my drawer in the morning. I am wondering though, how does this quality as a startup? Show me the money!
Your points may not matter so much for the hobbyist/tinkerer. The $200 price point is workable for that crowd.
I find JAX-RS to be a good and comprehensive framework.
Weinreb: What Does the Proof of the “CAP theorem” Mean?
Seriously, no one has a Commodore? I figured there had to be at least one....
The difference between Africans and Europeans is that Europeans didn't have more advanced civilization constantly prodding and poking them (and drooling for their resources), and that is what makes Africa prone to constant warfare.

The best thing for Africa imho currently would be a big fence around it, and a label on the gate reading "Do not open before year 3000 AD. Sincerely, the people of 2000 AD."
A brief word of warning to those that have expressed interest in shaving with a straight: not only is it addictive, it can warp your outlook on life.

I bailed on modern shaving equipment in favor of antique (100+ yrs old minimum) straight razors over a year ago and I haven't looked back since.

Initial investment was roughly $200 for a good shave ready razor, soap, brush and a strop. My first multi-pass shave took me about an hour to complete.

Once I had my basic shaving technique down I bought a set of hones and started learning how to restore vintage razors to active use.

After a year and a half my findings are as follows:

- shaving with a straight provides the smoothest possible shave and turns shaving from a chore to a meditative experience that isn't to be missed.

- It's possible to do a three pass shave with touchup in 15 minutes without rushing.

- shaving with a straight is not economical compared to disposables.

- The fact that it's possible to restore a 150+ year old straight razor to perfect working order (I know this because I've done it myself) says quite a bit about modern build quality and designed obsolescence.
Yes! I tried using my iPhone as a music player in the car and... useless. But it extends to more than that, I could make calls on my late-90's cellphone call friends with a flip and a button hold without looking, and mashing end-call always worked because it's a real button.

Now it's squint at the damn phone and tap around. Hanging up is just the tiniest bit more annoying without a hardware button (yes, I'm aware that many smartphones have a physical end-call button).
I have blogged for the last four years. Apparently some of what I wrote was interesting enough that people remember my name. Some of them have large amounts of other people's money to spend on outside consultants. This is a fortuitous and totally unplanned coincidence.
Backupify Shifts Data Management Focus to Businesses, Google Apps
How Much Money Do You Need To Be Happy?
Kids have more time than money, and most are bored. If they were stuck with a Linux machine, I'm sure they'd go to pretty extensive lengths to get things to work under WINE, and learn something in the process. I attribute my lack of fear from a computer to the countless hours I had as a child just trying to get some stupid game to run and after more pain and time than an adult would be willing to spend, succeeding.
How un-Unicode of HackerNews!
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It's only $12.23 on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Hackers-Painters-Big-Ideas-Computer/dp...

for the dead tree version.
On features and price, a truck beats a Ferrari anytime. People (who can afford them) still prefer Ferrari.
I have an extenral monitor, keyboard, and mouse with my laptop.
I am on a macbook as well, with externals at my usual haunts.

It is really interesting to see how many people use a laptop as a main dev box. I figured that more hackers would have a desktop and a laptop
Not every tablet needs to even compete with the iPad. Apple clearly doesn't care about the home hobbyist crowd.
I love it when this happens. I've had a similar experience with blogging and owe everything to it. It moved me from Nebraska to California, has won me big clients, and even provides significant passive revenue.
Feature X isn't a competitive advantage if it's easily copied. Competitive advantages are things that others cannot attain or cannot attain without great difficulty.
I would argue that programming is very accessible. All languages in use today can be obtained and learned for free, save for ones time.

I would agree that these environments make programming easier and more approachable.
I used to do that all the time (until I grew a beard), but I would only do it after taking a shower. I found that shaving cream just got in the way.
Different things work for different people, I guess. I can't imagine what could possibly prepare my face for what the guy in the video did. If I went through it so rapidly, ignoring the grain, for 5+ passes, any razor would turn my face into a raw burger patty.
It's not a sustainable business strategy to assume the competition is not going to catch up
I disbelieve. When Hitler invaded, he immediately put his plan from Mein Kampf into action, and tried to consolidate control and create Lebensraum (aka "living space") for the German people. He had made his desire for that invasion clear many years earlier.

If Hitler hadn't been a deranged fool he would have not sent the SS into Czechoslovakia (which turned the initially rejoicing population hostile), and would have immediately drove right for Moscow. Had he done that the Russians would have had no communication lines, which would have made it massively harder for them to organize a resistance.

Hitler in some sense was the best friend the Allied forces had. Every time he made a major military decision (eg "let the English rescue all of their troops at Dunkirk") it turned out to be really stupid. And the conduct of the Russian war shows lots of examples of that.
Do the rich strategically default more often? Evidence needed.
This:

http://photos1.blogger.com/photoInclude/x/blogger/5478/1688/...

and this:

http://www.expatsoftware.com/articles/2007/04/west-coast-mob...

Granted, they sell desktops in France, and you could technically put one in a van, but the experience of taking off for a month-long road trip to get some work done is a definite perk.
One big problem with textual programming is that there are too many places syntax errors can creep in. Lots of 'mundanes', i.e. non-hackers are so used to flexibility with little things like text, punctuation, spacing and capitilization. The rigity that programming languages require would make most programmes written by these people riddled with syntax errors.

Graphical programming removes choices and options. However it also removes ways to make mistakes.
The Palm Tungstens were great machines when they were new.
If I'm holding the phone in landscape with thumbs on front and fingers on the back, what I'd really like is buttons on the back so I'm not limited to just my thumbs. Shift, spacebar and an 'alternate layout' button (switches the onscreen keyboard to symbols/accents) come to mind. Maybe navigation buttons so you don't need to constantly shift your hand to reach the hardware buttons.

That said, many flip phones do actually have dual screens. Never seen them used simultaneously though. (Woz's solution for multitasking also comes to mind - just have two phones.)
Matisse: Radical Invention (technology reveals 8 years of changes to a painting)
In that case you're in a head-on battle with the Google Visualization API and a couple of other players - iCharts (http://www.icharts.net/), Wondergraphs etc.

There's definitely something in this space, though.
Google Releases New YouTube App for iPhone and Android
One of the big debates surrounding the mobile app industry is whether the future is in native or Web-based apps. Just a quick overview. Native apps are the apps you have installed on the device itself. When it comes to the various platforms, these are very limited based on the storage capacity of the specific phone.
Judicial Complaint (Deposition) against the Russian Spies
Excel is one of the most widely used programming environments out there, and it's pretty visual.
Well, you did say that your barber's straight razor shave was the best you ever had, and you did say that Mach3 doesn't work for you, regardless of what he said... Maybe look for some encouragement on the ol' Internet? http://www.straightrazorplace.com/ is a little crazy, but then again, so is HN. :)
Are you happy with the EVGA adapter? I have been looking for a solution to do exactly what you are doing.
You don't need a competitive advantage to succeed. They can help, but you can also just take a good idea and execute well on implementation and marketing.
At work: slightly old Centrino Duo laptop with I think 2GB ram (due to be upgraded very soon), 1280x800 screen plus 2x 1280x1024 external screens. Runs XP SP2 (SP3 failed to install for some reason, maybe I'll try again in safe mode...).

At home: Athlon II x4 with 8GB ram (I usually seem to use around 4GB of that), SSD (one of the Indilinx Barefoot ones) plus large platter drive, 2x 2048x1180 screens. Runs Debian Testing/Unstable, plus occasional VirtualBox instances.

I also have an almost-netbook running XP SP3, which is too underpowered to do much local development on or watch high-res youtube movies but makes a nice web+ssh terminal for lighter tasks or travel. It's fairly small, and has about 7 hours of battery life (getting decent CPU power with similar size and life would have been way out of my budget, especially since that's what the desktop is for).
If you're looking for a tablet you probably already know which one you're going to buy before you set foot in a physical store.
Well, it's fine that the author gives many examples of what he feels are not advantages. But he doesn't give a single example of what he feels are solid competitive advantages. Left me feeling disappointed.
Philip Greenspun reviews O'Reilly's "Web Operations: Keeping the Data On Time"
Their advice on marketing in Rework is diffuse and rather similar to their previous writing. (Not knocking it, just warning you that Rework is not going to rock your world if you already know what DHH stands for.) Develop a passionate audience, take a stand, etc etc.
I have used a few different toughbooks, and have been pleased with all of them.
Cashing In On Education
Here's another tip for sharpening disposable razor blades using a pair of jeans:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3Kxiom83Js

Basically, you're using the denim as a strop to rub off the debris which accumulates on the blade (which appears to be responsible for most of the dulling effect). The blades themselves remain sharp for ages.

I've been doing this for a while and now use each regular Mach 3 blade for 3-4 months of daily use.
Exactly. And personally I think digital photography is a completely different animal from film and becoming more so everyday.
Custom-built:
* Intel Core2 E8600 @3.33Ghz
* 1 GB ram (so behind I know)
* Vista but soon to be Win7 (tried linux but it was disappointing)
* Two 22inch Samsung monitors @ 1650x1080
* Crazy video card that is louder than the rest of my computer (when the fan starts up)

It's almost 2 years old now, but still fast enough to run all the latest games on max settings without flinching. I don't play as many games though lately.

I've also got some crappy gateway laptop with a buggy touchpad driver that I only use when my desktop is on the fritz.
Just register using a European proxy. Once you download the app, you can listen all you want from a US IP. I'm doing it right now.

Edit: "a person can use a free, ad-supported Spotify account anywhere outside of their home country for 14 days."

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib...

The Spotify client does support proxying, so I'll be using my proxy server permanently after the 14 day limit, I guess. But if you pay them for the Unlimited or Premium plans, you don't have to worry about that.
If you live in or near to NYC, the exhibit opens July 18th at the MOMA:

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/969 (their website is god-awful busy and flash-filled)

Related articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/07/11/arts/20100711-...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/arts/design/11matisse.html
I am a big fan of the Panasonic business series. They were originally called "Lets Note" in japan but rebranded with "toughbook" in the US as the business ultralight series.

I have a Y4 currently. It is somewhat rugged, but the most important part is that it has every attribute I want: 3.5 lbs, 14" screen at 1400x1050, built-in DVD/RW, 5-7 hour battery life. The keyboard is quite nice also. Basically, I had a Macbook Air with more features in 2006.

http://rdist.root.org/2008/02/07/panasonic-cf-y4-laptop-disa...

If you want to replace the hard drive, you have to disassemble the whole thing. RAM upgrades don't require that though. I'm quite familiar with the BIOS and it's one of the better ones. It works fine with Linux and FreeBSD.

They stopped making the Y series with the Y7. The replacement (F8 and F9) annoys me a little because they went to widescreen. I hate widescreen. What you want as a programmer is as many vertical rows as possible, not horizontal. The F9 is 1440x900. You gain 40 horizontal pixels but lost 150 vertical! It also has that weird handle thing but you can ignore it.

I'm still happy enough with my Y4 that I haven't replaced it. It's such a good combination of build quality and firmware quality that I'm afraid of anything else.
Cocealed Carry is good in private establishments? I didn't think it was. Except Starbucks, of course.
I find it aesthetically displeasing, and I'm not convinced that abusing the class attribute to store metadata is "more correct" than just adding your own attributes which.
News Flash. The Lord of the Flies is fiction.

Evil is a very useful way to understand fiction because the "reality" it exists in is made-up and fits the description. In the real world evil is much more ambiguous, and is mostly a tool for helping convince people that one side is awful and the other must therefore be right. The fact that people are wired to react that way makes it very useful for propaganda.
If anyone is interested in the "aircraft carrier made out of ice", you can find out more here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
I recommend reading David Irving's Hitler's War and Churchill's War as an antidote to the Churchill hagiography. You'll be able to filter out Irving's opinions and still see another perspective on the war. One in which Chamberlain and Halifax are statesmen who might have been successful in avoiding armed conflict, but for the determined war party of Churchill. I'm not here to make that case -- just saying, there are mighty few revisionist histories you can pick up at Borders, and you should read them.
http://jcs.org/notaweblog/2010/03/28/the_setup/

i think it would be neat if _the setup_ (http://usesthis.com/) had a version where anyone could submit their responses and people could vote them up. a lot of the people they "interview" are really uninteresting and i'm sure there's a lot more unique setups out there being used by people that aren't famous.
Your Customers Are Not Ignorant, Selfish, Control Freaks
I've decided that the splurge method is the way to go. I spent almost $3000 on this machine 2 years ago, and it has yet to even flinch at any of the new games or software I throw at it. Much better than buying a new $1000 system every year that makes you want to buy something new only a few months in.
Is there any particular reason he is doing this in a teaser trailer kind of approach? "Next week's episode is the real episode you want to watch?"
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I read books on my iPad all the time.
Build a voice app with a few clicks and have it call you
Main: 13" MacBook, with snow leopard, and VM's for Ubuntu and Windows. This gets hooked up to externals wherever I am (Office, home, coworking). This gets paired with a Magic Mouse (best groomsman gift ever), and it has been a solid laptop since I got it.

At home, I also have my girlfriends old Dell E1505 laptop that I am converting to a torrent and media center, which will live under the flatscreen.

Not noticing too many people using a laptop stand. I have a cheap one from Ikea, which really works well.
There's an additional dimension to money not discussed in the article. Sometimes more important than how much money you have is what kind of money it is. There have been a few articles posted on HN about the different kinds of money. I suspect that if you love your career and make little money doing it, you can be happier than you would with a high-paying career that you hate.

I'm sure that the basic trend would be the same, that happiness or life satisfaction would generally increase with wealth, but if you were to look at people who were happy with their careers, that plateau at $75,000 might vanish.
Using the Gentoo instance like a VM?
Refurb HP 2.6 GHz machine with XP that I got cheap from TigerDirect a couple years ago. There's also a server on the network running FC5, but I don't remember its particulars.

Hanging off the HP are a single 19" monitor, original IBM 5150 keyboard, B&W laser printer, Atmel AVR In Circuit Emulator, AVR ISP programmer, serial cable for whatever hardware I need to talk to at the moment and a Bluetooth Class 2 dongle for my Bluetooth-enabled hardware projects.

I keep meaning to build a USB-controlled desk lamp, but never have the time...
Ah, but that's an ego trip. It goes like this - "Damn, he's 15 and did that - how did he manage to do that? I didn't do that when I was his age, etc..." Because it is hard for someone to figure how something could have happened such as this scenario, it stokes them and hence the ego trip.
Can you tell us more?
What if you are not looking for a tablet? Few people were looking for a tablet before the iPad launch.
Hello. Fellow straight razor enthusiast here. Could you give any advice on how to get a razor back to working order? I have a straight razor that I love but I haven't used it in a while because (I assume) my honing technique is faulty. I have been using the ones that use a disposable razor but it isn't the same.
Polar-to-cartesian unwrapping of flower photographs
ITM! :)
Office hardware: Dual Nehalem Xeon 2.4Ghz with 12GB RAM and two RAID'ed Cheetah SAS drives, all in Supermicro chassis. make -j 16 all the way!

Travel hardware: ThinkPad T61

Software on both: 64-bit Debian unstable with xorg/sawfish wm (no Gnome or KDE), emacs, screen, g++, make, etc.
By "cavalry charges" I assume you are referring to the Polish cavalry who did not, in fact, charge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cavalry#World_War_II
I've always thought this was a great quote:

"Here is what the success of everything depends...on seeing things in a way which afterwards proves to be true, even though it cannot be established at the moment..." Joseph A. Schumpeter, Economist

With everyone having access to mostly the same information and the same tools, it is the person who sees possibilities where others do not who is able to start something successful.
I built some hardware a few years ago for hobby projects.

Someone came onto a forum asking about a way to read a certain sensor so he could integrate it with his software. My circuit happened to do what he needed, so I made a few minor mods and became his hardware supplier for a few years.
I agree. As much as people complain about what Visual Basic did for application development, to a fifth-grader the ability to create a GUI with a mouse is pretty cool.
I second this emotion. To me, there is no discernible difference between my N900 and the HTC Hero I had before it.
Get Your Business on the Geolocation Map
What do they generally move on to?
Laser still works on male facial hair. I've considered it myself to the point of getting a consultation and there aren't any problems.

The thing with laser is that it's technically (according to the FDA) laser hair reduction. When you zap the hair with the laser, it doesn't necessarily kill the follicle, but it does make the hair grow back thinner. Repeated treatments make the hair grow back thinner and thinner and eventually it does stop growing. But it can also later start growing back, so you tend to have to go back for 'touch up' appointments, even after the majority of the zapping is complete.
I didn't know that re Hong Kong's government.

The makeup of their government sounds a lot like the classical mixed republic, with elements of democracy, aristocracy, and monarchy combined into a single set of institutions.

Historically, the states that had this structure tended to encourage some of the most stable and prosperous societies, e.g. the Roman Republic and early modern England.

If Hong Kong is really organized like this, it's not surprising that they have such a strong economy. I suppose how long it will last depends on how long the PRC will maintain their hands-off policy and how long Hong Kong itself can stave off internal pressure to change their constitution to favor one faction or another.
And what resolution is the screen?
Lenovo W500, 4GB, 15", Windows 7 x64. Laptop screen size doesn't matter as I have two 24" Samsung 2433BW LCD monitors mounted on an Ergotron Dual Side by Side LX adjustable arm kit. The second monitor is hooked up via Lenovo's USB DisplayLink adapter, which works quite well.

I can't recommend the Ergotron mounting kit enough. One of my LCDs is rotated to a vertical position for web browsing, documenting and coding.
Apple's unfair advantage is a massive base of loyal fans who will follow every move Apple makes, track the SteveNote live and buy the products on pre-order (and pay a high price for them).

Other companies release products of a similar quality to Apple and don't get anywhere near the press coverage or sales.
Well, for one, the shape (and colors) of the blocks can inform the user what can and can't fit into the arguments of a function (can't put the pieces with square pegs into the functions with round holes). Or, in your case, what sorts of values can be assigned; the attributes that use colors look different than the ones that need a date and time. Also, the blocks can make it clear where something necessary is missing in the program. Nothing that a good IDE can't do, but all that and more just for the cost of some color coded puzzle pieces.
On the plus side, since Perl 6's spec is not set in stone; goofy things like that can still be gotten rid of.
My experience as the first employee of a Y Combinator startup
To me, photography is all about thinking about the shot you are going to take. Things that people have mentioned before me, framing, lighting etc, this just takes the heart out of it in my opinion.

Also, I wonder if this is going to take users a lot longer to pick out photos. Even now with digital camera's and people shooting at will there is a whole lot of material to browse through to pick a few photos that are good.