skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Initial feedback - Once I register, I see a dashboard that doesn't guide me anywhere. Even the 'what to do next' in the bottom left doesn't give me any REASON to do any of these things.

Instead of "Update your Event Settings" How about - "Add your caterer?" or "Enter your first menu item." something more actionable than 'update x/y.'

At least one of these should be up at the top when you first login. Like this:

Do this next: Enter the address of your venue.
Also:

"Choose and book ceremony musicians, a wedding band/ DJ, photographer/videographer, caterer and florist (Photography)"

This is several unrelated items grouped into one item.

For instance, I have a caterer, photographer, and florist, but need to book a DJ.

When I start using your service the first thing I interact with (and the main content so far seems to be this checklist) it needs be really good, because these kind of checklists are both really helpful when planning and the primary point of interaction with any planning service. For instance me and my fiancée mostly have been using books and such, the books center around check lists.
Startup Pays Up To Intellectual Ventures To Get Patents It Needs In Patent Fight
I've been into Klosterman lately

Downtown Owl (novel)
Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs (essays on pop culture)
Eating the Dinosaur (more essays)

Other Novels:

Lolita - Nabokov
White Noise - Delillo
You got a really nice domain. I like what I see. Clean execution. It doesn't matter if it works right away, you can improve over time, customer feedback will lead your way.

My verdict: two thumbs up!
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better

It charts a connection between the income gap and everything from crime to illness and under-education. Got it two weeks ago. Blew me away. Easy to read too.
E La Carte is hiring, but doesn't have a website of any kind? I see you do own the domain.
Heh, I suggest you do a little reading around the architecture and the way SAPs interact with the main processor(s).

Or we can just say that all languages that are Turing complete are equivalent...
grellas what you relayed at your point 9 surprised me, too. Fyi, it has prompted a mini-colloquy on my blog as to what the Seattle community is / should be doing, in terms of pricing seed rounds or doing notes with caps. http://bit.ly/crkw9X
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/wedding/
a) Goldberg said he met with Bush and told him about it.
b) Bush had a patent application denied because of Goldberg's prior art.
This demonstration is neither particularly novel nor particularly legal.

http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2010/08/01/#20100801-on_r...
Yeah, he gets repetitive for sure. But I still think the core of his message is sound and (somewhat) counterintuitive (to me at least): you can lose most bets if you win the rare large ones, people underestimate the probability of outlier events, people tend to find patterns in sheer randomness, etc.
I believe the raplets are going to be really valuable, which opens it up to more than the entrepreneur/linkedin types.

BookingBug is a good example.
Only one macro?
It's so weird and perhaps a sign that the US hiring market has some deep flaws that the discussion here has focused so much on discrimination. That really shouldn't be at the top of a business person's mind when they hire - hiring an employee is supposed to help make the company perform as best as it can in the future, full stop.

I see hire hives approach as great for everyone if they can execute well - it gives a much better idea of what a candidate is actually like than paper, without the expense or huge time sink (for both parties) of an in-person interview.
Marketplace does have a "Top Paid" and "Top Free" section for each genre similar to the App Store.

Most of the apps in App Store are crapware too

Apple gets a revenue from iAds as well. Notice that most of the Apps in App Store that are free are ad supported?

(I don't say this as a troll baiter, I own an iPad and an Android phone and love both equally)
Gridlock is fine. It's not a bug, it's a feature. The American political system is designed to make it difficult to get anything done. In theory it works out to a limitation on the power of the government and on slim majorities.
That's a tautology though. You're using the method of apportioning contribution to GDP (wages) to prove that GDP is being properly apportioned.

There's evidence of your position, but it's hardly obvious. Personally I believe it to be incorrect.
Thanks for the comment about the checklist. The default checklist that you see comes from a template of items, and some of them probably need some more tweaking. Truthfully I got the list from other sites online (oops! don't tell anyone) and I haven't really re-write it yet. Wrapping up the app for the launch has really kept me busy.

Can I contact you via email to get more opinions on the checklist?
Using Blocks in iOS 4
If it drives more people to the online version of Gmail then that's still a win for Gmail in some sense (if not monetarily). I currently use Gmail via IMAP so never see any ads but Rapportive could tempt me back online.
Thank you. You just make my day... blushed :">
Do Family Ties Increase Regulations?
Hmm, signing up I noticed a lot of flash objects (ad-blocked) representing some text. Can you make it a jpg or does it serve a different purpose?

Remember, hackers don't like flash.

Edit: oh gawd, they're everywhere! no no no, please change them to jpgs as soon as you can! With ad/flash/block your site looks weird.
I imagine what most potential customers would ask is, what does Marrily.com do better than TheKnot.com?
This is what I've always told folks who ask about my Nexus One's need for a task killer: "Never used one, no need." On the rare occasion that you do find an app that backgrounds incorrectly, uninstall it like any other buggy app. Everything else Just Works.
Recent favorites of mine:

Anathem - Neal Stephenson

A People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution, 1891-1924 - Orlando Figes

The Big Short - Michael Lewis
OpenIDEO: Crowd sourcing innovation for free
Nonsense. I'll reply at the top level though so i can answer other's questions, too.
When you're bootstrapping a startup, you're more likely to have time than the money that your time is worth.
I'm reading The Joy of Clojure right now. I've never been able to get myself into lisp, but this book is doing a pretty damn good job.

I think technical books are best combined with fiction, because it's pleasant to keep switching between the two as you get bored. I just finished and highly recommend Fluke by Christopher Moore. Its synopsis does not do it justice: once you start reading it, it's impossible to put down.
World-Wide Factory Activity by Country
Using accident reconstruction to analyze a NASCAR wreck
This is the problem every startup faces when going against established competitors.

Only if the technology is trivial
I love the idea.

What about non-technical people passionate about tackling problems? Undesirables? ;)
Just curious, could you post an example graph with both bullish and bearish twits?

My company is looking for employee #4, we do high frequency trading:

http://meshcapital.com/Careers.html
I just read and enjoyed The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton.
Minor nit: the abandoning occurred in 2008.
Starting a new bank - if only it were that simple.

I actually looked into the requirements for establishing a new bank (not in US) and the requirements were so prohibitive (tens of millions in reserve from day one, virtually obliged that no single shareholder hold more than 5-10% stake), not to mention meeting regulatory requirements like BASEL in Europe and SOX in the US mean that the big banks own the market in many countries, with no fear of swifter moving newcomers "eating their lunch". Not to mention people's resistance to change, especially with something as important as their money. And that is only on the retail banking side. It's even worse in i-banking, with the bigger investment banks making more money than ever on Wall Street, as if the crash of 2008 never happened. They may be crooks, but they have the money and influence to make sure the laws get written in their favour - see https://www.banksimple.net/blog/2010/07/21/banks-strike-back... (there was an article on HN recently around this post.)

Also looked into providing the "valuable services" you mention too, a la Mint.com (no equivalent where I live) and this is something I believe there is certain potential (you will have to build a service that taps into banks online portals and offers more useful features than the banks themselves, e.g. account aggregation, financial product comparisons, tailored financial advice etc.) I think the future is one where virtually ordinary transactions will be done online (paying bills, transferring funds), possibly on smartphones, and where you only go into a branch to get a mortgage or something major - and possibly not even then. Of course you can do all this already online, but the world is still very cash and cheque based outside of the US. It will be a while yet until the majority of people are willing to do 100% of their banking with an institution that is 100% web-based.
First thing I noticed was that it was hard to find the sign up button. I tried clicking on the title "Sign Up" then clicked on the 30 day trial button, then saw two more things that said sign up and finally got to the sign up form. I was confused. It took me all of 10 seconds to figure out, but i'm not sure a regular user would be so successful.

I like the visual design of the site. Looks nice. However I the titles of the various sections seem to blend together. There's nothing to separate the "Your Guests" "Your Vendors" and "What to do next" headings on my main page. They run together a bit Some vertical barrier or more whitespace between them would help (though there is little horizontal space to spare)

It's a little unclear how to get back to the dashboard page. I can click on the marrily logo and get there, but i think a more explicit menu item would be helpful

If I click on the vendors menu item then the guests menu item turns to contacts and stays as contacts until i click on the marrily logo and go back to my dashboard where it turns back to guests.

oh no, work calls. Looks like a great start to me.
The problem with piracy on android is how EASY it is to pull it off. On the iPhone, you have to jailbreak your phone, a step which many consumers are weary of doing in fear of bricking their phone, after this, they also have to find a cracked .ipa to download/install. On android, you simply need to buy an app, copy to SD, return it and viola! free app. Based on stats of my paid android app, there are about 3x as many pirated users as users who actually paid for it =(
1, The marketplace sucks compared to the app store in many ways. There are few ways to feature your apps on the marketplace vs apple which has the "what hot", "new and noteworthy", "top paid", "top grossing" categories. In comparison, the android marketplace doesn't.

Android Market does have "Top paid", "Top free", and "Just in" for the overall market and each app subcategory.
IPhone 4 jailbreak enables FaceTime video calling over 3G
Definitely going to be using the YCommonApp in the near future for hiring to Fanvibe! This is an awesome way to find potential hires.

Nice work guys.
For those who don't follow NASCAR. There was a wreck that escaped the view of the TV cameras. The only glimpse appeared to show a car hitting a wall at 170+. The engine was ripped from the car and the driver crawls out and lays on the track. This site used math and maps to piece together what may have happened.
Probably stock models that came with the animation software.
In the ideal world, I want everything to be "open" and "free" too. However, there are simply too many spammers/unethical people out there who abuse such a system. Therefore I rather have a high quality app store over one that is filled with spam apps but is "open".
No limit. You can check out the pricing here: http://www.campaignmonitor.com/pricing/

They charge you 1 cent per email + a fee of $5 each time you send. Simple.
Your first paragraph alone is a great advertisement for a phD! But you are right in what you say in the third paragraph. The qualification is the last reason why I want to do it.

I do see it as a potential way to transition into a different lifestyle - a startup maybe? But I guess I haven't got the guts to go all in at this stage and risk so much (a disadvantage I have), and I see this as a safer way of entering that arena. If (and most likely) it doesn't get that far I guess I will have 'accomplished' a body of work.

Oh and my brother has completed a phD part-time in the biomedical sciences. I will consult him on his views too.
Thanks for the feedback on the dashboard. Based on your comment, the dashboard is probably not very clear about what you should proceed next. I'm thinking about converting the static suggestion list (yes, it's just a static list at the moment... blushed :">) into a checklist to help guide user around the app, and users can check things off (e.g. Setup Food Options, Enter Venue Address, etc.) as they use with the application more.

Last question, can I contact you via email for more feedback on this? I'd really appreciate it.
Are random middle-managers at a big company using GMail though? Wouldn't they be using outlook/exchange?
Back to school bargains IT pros will love
Released, Crashed, Optimized - Haskell on Horse 0.2
If video is the most important thing in a YC app, why is it optional and not required?
Also, in a year or two, you'll thank yourself for not registering that name as a bandwagon-hopping .ly domain.
It's older, but I really enjoyed Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson.
Without going off on a limb: back then, if you knew Perl, you knew C.
For what it is worth Denmark runs a deficit now, and I doubt there is a single state in the US that is anywhere as tiny as Denmark.

Granted the Danish economy is more sound than, say California but still.
Steve Jobs as iMoses
Defcon 18 badges
Objective Caml 3.12.0 released
No idea, but Julian Assange's talk at TED did mention sending people to Baghdad to gather details for "Collateral Murder". That doesn't come for free.

Assange is "living in airports these days" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Assange - frequent flying isn't a cheap lifestyle.
This really ruins that entire statistic. It's comparing two completely unlike things. The first number is women vs. men, but the second number is not.
I think your app suffers from the same problem my startup app has, which is the empty canvas problem. So basically your app seems to allude to a lot of power and functionality, which is paradoxically a little intimidating for a new user. Basically, where do I start? You have a lot of choices in the "what do to next" section.

What happens a lot of the time is the user says:

Wow! what a cool application! Seems powerful! I'll deal with this when I can properly think about it!

...and then promptly never visits your site again.

Somebody from Skype told me that they had the same problem and their solution was to funnel all users into a 5 step program. I would suggest that you "onboard" your users by forcing them into a N-Step workflow where at the end of it, it doesn't look like an empty canvas but a starting point to contribute more.

Edit: Like step 1 should be "Invite your SO". Encourage them to collaborate and plan together :)
>Are those really busses or are they trains?

According to the video it's a hybrid. When there's no rails you need to paint special lanes, and the lane-assist system will keep the vehicle on track. From the operator's point of view it's driven like a train.
Telemedicine Helps Doctors Connect With Faraway Patients
Ask HN: We are looking for a UI/UX/Frontend cofounder
We = Rohan Srivastava + Kashif Razzaqui

Skills = Programmers - Python. JS, Java, C#, Linux

Past = Enterprise software, Management Consulting, Six Sigma

Present = Startup, Qackle.com
More info at http://qackle.wufoo.com/forms/qackle-hosted-email-services/

Also doing = Hackrelay.com, because we needed it, used internally, will also be launched at some point soon.

Location = New Delhi, India

You = Frontend/UI/UX/Design skills,
CSS and PS/AI,
enough javascript to do UI related tasks,
lots of energy,
opinions,
stake at vesting as co-founder,
location irrelevant, must be able to work remotely

More info at kashif.razzaqui at gmail

PS: Not closed to the idea of having one more programmer in the team, maybe as a co-founder too. We think 3 to 4 is a nice team size.
The skeptical comments are interesting. But it doesn't seem like they are the primary market.

At Active Interview, we've been doing video interviews for a while now. We've gotten good traction among organizations who have continuous hiring needs and/or those who need to process candidates who are geographically dispersed.

For example, One Laptop per Child used Active Interview to screen a couple hundred applicants from around the world. They used us to test:

1. interpersonal skills & communication

2. language proficiency

How much time/money would it cost to coordinate and phone screen everyone?

We've also gotten a lot of interest from academic organizations, who need to process applicants every semester. We've especially been working with graduate departments, like MBA programs, who have a high number of international applicants. They use us because:

1. Time shifting - it's difficult to set up a mutual time with candidates around the world.

2. Language - many international applicants have through the roof English scores and can write like Steinbeck, but can't speak a lick.

3. Normalize interviews - different recruiters assess candidates with varying degrees of leniency. Active Interview lets the entire recruiting team view, score and comment on every candidate response. The scores are tallied and averaged.

4. Most candidates like taking a video interview over writing yet another essay.

I understand why some may be skeptical, but there's definitely a need for video interviewing for some types of organizations and I'm glad Hirehive is getting some publicity for all of us in this area.
When reading this I feel like a 1950ies rocket engineer reading about how bad a warp-drive really is...
I recently went on a Ernest Hemingway bender after not having read much fiction in a while (sort of a gray area for these novels since a lot of it is based on Hemingway's experiences during the wars); I would highly recommend:

For whom the bell tolls & A farewell to arms

Out of those two, I liked For Whom The Bell Tolls a little bit better.
Right now the YCommonApp is geared towards developers, though it's possible there'll be another option in the future for non-techies.

(However, if you're a designer, several of the companies participating are also looking for UX/UI folks, so I'd encourage you to apply anyway :D)
(Voted up, but some pedantry: it's Tcl, not TCL, and it's been that way longer than "Federal Express" has been Fedex)
Welcome to Apartheid 2.0, New and Improved, Now With More Racism!

Seriously, the Chinese will rape Africa.
Opzi is hiring engineers
Are you getting lots of e-mails from people you don't know? In general I'm getting e-mails from people I already know (if its business related, I'm not too fussed by their facebook profile) and if they're friends, well - they contact me on fb anyway and not e-mail.

Any companies I get e-mail from, I already know about so the company profile feature isn't that useful idea.

I'm just wondering what the value prop is if you can enlighten me?
I literally equate css frameworks with code bloat. I'm glad to see that other people feel the same.
Is there any reason why google has made this a web service rather than an open-source API?

I can see them wanting to keep some of these things close to their chest, but when it comes to most applications of ML it seems like the devil is in the details. A basic/google-backed/widely-accepted/open-source library of ML algorithms would be nice.
Some books I've read this summer, which I can recommend:

- The Facebook Effect -- well-written insider's account of the history of Facebook and its ambitions.
http://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Effect-Inside-Company-Connect...

- The Quantum Enigma -- an accessible digest of quantum mechanics and its philosophical consequences.
http://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Enigma-Physics-Encounters-Cons...

- Flesh & Machines -- a lightweight history of robotics and some wacky speculations by MIT's Rodney Brooks.
http://www.amazon.com/Flesh-Machines-Robots-Will-Change/dp/0...

- The Language of Life: DNA and the Revolution of Personalized Medecine -- a well-backed account of what is or will be possible in medicine thanks to a better understanding of the genome and increase use of DNA sequencing for prevention, diagnostic, and treatment.
http://www.amazon.com/Language-Life-Revolution-Personalized-...

- ... by David Sedaris -- Funny short stories. Perhaps The Santaland Diaries for something light but really amusing, and When You Are Engulfed in Flames for something darker and more well-known. Also, if you like short stories, I heartily recommend Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules, a varied collection of short stories selected by Sedaris.
http://www.amazon.com/David-Sedaris/e/B000AQ3YUW/
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0349119759
http://www.amazon.com/When-You-Are-Engulfed-Flames/dp/031615...
http://www.amazon.com/Children-Playing-Before-Statue-Hercule...

- Dreams of My Father -- Barack Obama writes candidly and beautifully about his childhood and early adulthood; it's not a political book, and it's worth reading for the writing alone.
http://www.amazon.com/Dreams-My-Father-Story-Inheritance/dp/...

- Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty: a chatty history of mathematics, and its perception.
http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Loss-Certainty-Galaxy-Book...
Android Developer Console - single email, single publisher
Hey everyone:

I'm writing to the group to see if anyone has any advice or can assist me with the following...

I am an employee of a small technology business that develops mobile apps. By mistake I published one of our Android apps under my personal Android developer account. This developer account is linked to my Google account and personal Gmail. The business wants full ownership of the published app and package. They are requesting that the application is either unpublished and permanently deleted from my personal developer account; or transferred from my personal developer account to a corporate developer account. If I am unable to accomplish this, our company's legal department is claiming I will need to share my login credentials to my personal Google account/Gmail, and ultimately transfer ownership to the company.

The Android Developer Console does not the functionality to accomplish this, and sending smoke signals to Google has yet to accomplish anything.
The Conscience of a Hacker
As an iPhone owner: I have no idea what a "task killer" is or why I would even consider using one...

I'm a supporter of Android (I know many happy Android owners), but this post screams to me "Apple does the things they do for good reasons".

EDIT: Sheesh. I had read the article. I was referring to keeping these sorts of things out of the app store. I'm familiar with the task model of the Android SDK and understand that this isn't a problem with Android, it is a problem with the open ecosystem. Open ecosystems are a good thing sometimes, and they are a bad thing sometimes.
I would be surprised if most here hadn't read it, whether they agree with it or not, simply because it is so famous in tech circles.