skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
in Portugal the ATMs use touchscreens, you can also click to get some machine voice talking to you about the operations.
http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/usr_29.html#29.3 (vim-specific)
Someone somewhere is going to read it if it's posted. I think it's worth the maybe slim chance that someone will get something useful out of it.

When I make a blog post, it gets about 80 hits during that week, then drops to about 10 hits a day. Over the theoretically endless life of the blog, that's a lot of chances to make a difference for someone.
Actually they have done one excellent innovative product. It's called OneNote and it's the only reason I keep a Windows partition on my laptop. I take lots of meeting minutes and the ability to record audio that is in sync with my typing is a killer feature. Damn, I wish someone would do that in Linux (this feature doesn't work in Wine).
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There are hundreds of thousands (millions?) of web companies, there is one google, and maybe 50 or so (extremely successful) companies where investors from a seed fund had a chance to get in on the bottom rung they way YC wants to have it.

The chances of finding 'the next google' are a lot smaller than what you think they are, but the chances of scoring a really big hit (on the order of 10's of millions in terms of ROI for YC) are pretty good.
My experience is that watching TV from exotic destinations tickles my urge to travel, by no means satisfying it.
frankly I'm a little surprised at the number of people that just plain don't hold government accountable.

Collateral damage video? No outrage over killing the civilians, Full outrage that they dared to add labels to a video.

This thing? No outrage over the fact that innocent people are getting killed...full outrage that WL dares to release information.

Seems like a lot of people are just plain authoritative and have full faith that anything they aren't being told is for their own good...when in reality it's just people covering their ass.

Without full transparency, they leave it up to sites like wikileaks to make decisions about things that might have military value, since they don't know 100% whether the thing they are reading is being censored because it's actually important or because the gov't just doesn't want bad PR.

The whole "these guys are assholes for releasing information about our bad deeds" just sounds like bs to me. Don't want bad PR? Don't commit atrocities.

Democracy can't function if the populace isn't fully aware of all the details.
Interesting. Any pointer about this, a demonstration perhaps? Would it work as a web app?
It's graded if you have any readership and if the readership is qualified enough to grade you. I know a couple of blogs who seem to be (very) good when you look at the comments, yet the most successful posts are about something trivial and controversial and there's almost no in-depth analysis. In a way, these blogs are like reddit compared to HN.
I was responding to what riffer said, not what I think Assange's opinions are or to this leak in particular.
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has_traction?
has_ability_to_get_traction?

Sure these are jobs in and of themselves but I'd think those would be the primary things everyone should be gunning for.

It's pretty clear that the "checklist" boils down to sizing up the founders (clear leader?) and sizing up the founders persistence. Persistent leaders usually end up getting traction some way with some product. So that would be my 2 classifiers.
It's facile to assume a moral equivalence between one side accidentally killing civilians in situations where it's extremely difficult to isolate the enemy, and the other side hijacking jetliners and flying them into office buildings.
I don't know if any python implementations avoid creating unnecessary closures, but you are right that I meant a specific implementation: CPython.

I am not too familiar with python in the present and maybe the following has changed: there isn't really a definition of the language, but the documentation (which was written for the main implementation, but is the closest thing to a definition of the language) does mention that declaring a function creates a function object (closure) and assigns it to a local variable. Of course, an implementation should probably feel free to contradict the documentation when the difference is not observable.
It seems self-defeating to argue there's a shortage of people who are capable of dramatizing leaked information on the one hand, while on the other hand arguing that the entire news industry is solely interested in entertainment.
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I do mean the main implementation, CPython. I guess an implementation is free to avoid unnecessary closures and it would be nice to know if any others do.
i think the same concept should be applied to computers ...

a single magic slot that accepts CD's, DVD's, floppies, SD Cards, Compact Flash cards, eSata drives, USB peripherals, mouse, keyboard etc etc...

i want a PC with a giant multi-function universal slot :)

This is what happens when designers who don't know shit about technology start making shit up and pass it on with hubris.
Roaming charges are ridiculous.

I was once at a sales presentation where someone borrowed my GSM modem and used it for less than an hour. He was just trying to load a web portal. Bill came up to $600. My carrier called me in the afternoon to make sure that was me.
He did (Google translation, same interview):

SPIEGEL: How much money do you think the human genome is worth?

Venter: In any case, a lot. Each of the major pharmaceutical companies is constantly working on 50-60 new drugs. If only a part of the future knowledge of the human genome based on, then this alone brings hundreds of billions of dollars in the next decade. The knowledge of the human genes is one of the strongest drivers of the global economy.
I nearly flagged this as spam, but just saw enough to realise that it is actually quite technical, even though there are no real details given.

Perhaps I should be slower to flag ...
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Kno, Inc. -- http://kno.com/company-jobs.html

We're a VC-funded startup working to change education as you know it, centralizing students' textbooks, notes, research, and any kind of course material you can imagine on a two-screen wifi-connected mobile device.

The jobs list on the website is somewhat incomplete since it's a bit fluid. If you know C or Javascript really well (or both), and like working on HTML5/JS applications or middle-layer technologies (WebKit, Gtk, X11, window managers, multi-touch gesture recognition, etc.), drop me an email with your resume at brian at kno dot com.
No doubt, I'm sure there's something quite damaging to war effort or administration in that archive. My interest in the NSA angle was only due to the technical side.
Bloody annoying self-starting video.

From the guidelines:

If you submit a link to a video or pdf,
please warn us by appending [video] or
[pdf] to the title.
Isn't that called "dollars"?
I have tried both PB and Freemind and I still have trouble grasping the use.

I say Procrastination-forming because in my experience with these kind of tools you end up spending more time formatting and aesthetic-izing your stuff than actually doing notetaking. Look at the demo video on the main homepage and one thing they emphasize is on putting small icons beside the bubbles and having neat background colors.

I say Pseudo-notetaking becuase this tool is actually more geared towards structure than creation. Your video for instance doesn't show anything related to my idea of notetaking. Notetaking means you are writing down quotations or details upon ideas that you're listening or reading about because you wish to remember them or study later. Notetaking, in my mind, is not limited to linking Ayn Rand as an author and 1902 as a birth year. There's no depth to anything.

In the end if you say it works for you then go for it. But I'm just saying that if it's really notetaking you're interested in then I really don't think this is the program to use.
Only if you can work out a really slick way to take screenshots from a web application.
I've been doing math-related entries on mine for the same reason. I just recently finished college, and the difficulties of the college algebra and the remedial algebra classes are fresh in my mind. I've been taking all the stuff the books explained poorly (which is everything) and making it as clear as possible.
Well, the online marketer in question does solve a real problem for _a lot_ of companies. It's about outranking negative review websites on Google. His particular example is a travel agency (I think), and there are many similar companies. He basically claims to have a method that can be employed for free, and the companies just need to pay 49 pounds to watch that part of the video. http://www.brandcurrency.co.uk/
last I heard the results looked excellent under a microscope

Do you have a reference to some images I could look at?
Zed Shaw should just contine to make no cash and ask for donations, because they will pay his bils for a few months.
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I'm a little surprised to see StumbleUpon so high! I remember using it when it came out, and I never really got hooked. Now that I think about it, it makes a little bit of sense. I hypothesize that the target market is different than sites like Hacker News, Reddit, and even Digg- StumbleUpon requires less effort and less contribution to a "geeky" community. I'm not saying this is necessarily a good thing, but they have found a way to get user submissions from people who would never get themselves involved in other social sites, so it's working for them.

Anyone have thoughts on this theory?
Intel? You mean the company that just paid Dell 4.3 million dollars to prop up their failing business and assure Dell didn't work with their number one competitor? Not a great example to use for success. They are huge, but not exactly the model of success.
Make a case for a policy change to the person in charge.
It wouldn't replace tourism though same as seeing someone on video does not quite replace seeing them in person.

Frankly, we do not know what they could be used for. Personally, I would not mind being able when I have some free time to have this robot wondering around the pyramids of Egypt for me or Shanghai see how ordinary people live, or preview for example some place I want to go to etc.
There must be some kind of business opportunity here. The concept of virtual operators that have no hardware of their own, just a brand, can they not make deals with operators all through Europe and offer sensible data-rates everywhere?
Different source, different take, earlier submission, much discussion:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1561364
Taking notes is very important as it forces you to think twice about the information as you write it down using your own words ("copy-paste-and-dump" information does not have the same learning effect).

In addition, you use different "senses" (writing in addition to reading) which enhances learning.

And of course (unless you only write it down on paper) you will be able to search for it and find it again when you need it (because you will not be able to remember every detail).

So, it isn't that important which tool you use, as long as you keep most notes in one place (so you know where to look for it later).

(shameless plug)
Of course, as the number of notes grow, many people will experience information overload and have trouble finding the forest for all the trees...this is where using specialized tools that are optimized for finding what you need will help you.

My blog post regarding large amounts of information
- http://www.ppcsoft.com/blog/iknow-efficiency-scalability.asp

(/shameless plug)
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So then everyone pays 49 pounds and renders the said method useless?
Waste of time, a typical health/fitness guru style book. I skimmed it, didn't learn any new fact. It's just recycled nonsense, stating the obvious.
Yes! When I need cash I use debit at the grocery store and do a cash over transaction. It makes getting cash as convenient as bread or bacon.
It could be a legitimate method -- would be interesting to see that part of the video. He is taking the payment via PayPal, therefore I guess not too many of the paying customers are asking for refunds because that would trigger PayPal's fraud mechanisms.
That's a good point. I suppose it would have to be an arms race between thieves and the manufacturers. I suppose the robot would not be of much use if you can not control him, although in a place like India where there are plenty of people dying of hunger in the slums I guess the cameras the robot has and audio devices even perhaps the wheels. I mean, why not steel it right?
Surely the ethical way of dealing with negative reviews is to improve what you are doing, not to drown out your critics and ignore your problems?
They have a nice system, unfortunately, the health information system landscape is a horrid mess of multiple proprietary data stores. Yes, I know there's DICOM, HL7, etc. The problem is that those standards don't preclude the difficulties of converting the TBs of proprietary niches behind them. This is going to be a multi-year endeavor; a marathon due the glacial pace of healthcare reform. It can take months to convert just one site. The tablet/slate/ipad war is a sprint. Otherwise, I agree, the potential profits Microsoft can reap from the healthcare vertical are enormous.
Outrage over civilians being killed? Been there, done that. We knew ridiculous numbers of civilians were being killed, like, 10 or 20 news cycles ago. No one cares anymore.
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Ask HN: Will there ever be an eHarmony for finding friends?
From what I know, eHarmony asks you a long list of questions, and then tries to match you up with people they think you would be a good romantic match with.

Not sure how well the above works, but I always thought a similar thing that applied to finding people whom you would click as friends would find many applications:

Moving to a new city, moving into a new apartment complex, starting a new job, starting college, going on a cruise with a ship full of people you don't know, etc.

I guess there are websites that help you expand your network of friends, but as far as I know, no website runs a test that is analogous to the one on eHarmony.

My questions are:

1) Do you think that a questionnaire + algorithm could ever be developed to find people that you would click with as friends, or are human nature and human interactions too complex and unpredictable?

2) Assuming such an algorithm is possible to develop, would it get traction, would people use it, would people pay for it?
Wikileaks is about trying to implement the right to know, the right to inform and source protection via technology. This is laws[1] that in Sweden[2] is part of the "constitution" via the freedom of press act and the fundamental law on freedom of expression (free speech). If more countries had similar laws, Wikileaks would be unnecessary. If you don't agree with or understand why these laws exist, then of course your view on the necessity of Wikileaks might differ.

Wikileaks, just like laws on rights and freedoms, will sometimes facilitate the distribution of, for governments, "problematic" material. Does this mean we should remove these laws and/or outlaw Wikileaks? Not in my opinion. Of course there will always be some limitations.

Nothing stops government and organizations from protecting their information in the first place. Wikileaks doesn't pick what information they get access to. If someone in your organization is leaking your most inner secrets, you probably have more serious problem than than the existence of Wikileaks. Also the public nature of Wikileaks distribution model means that intelligence agencies are free to do all the operation security analysis they want when something is published.

[1] http://www.meddelarfrihet.nu/freedom.php?lang=en

[2] This is why Wikileaks is hosted in Sweden.
there is a big problem with fake reviews aka ripoffreport et al.
Comic Chat. We wouldn't have Jerkcity without it.

(Tangentially, we also got the Comic Sans font about the same time, so I guess that cancels out the good stuff.)
Yes, I was calling runsv and trying to bring it down again with sv. I suppose I should have been specific.
This does make sense for use on robots which display some sort of "face" on a screen, or for some chatbots.
Agreed. But please do note that the Taliban didn't fly any aircraft into buildings. The ones who did were Saudis. The Taliban want to kick the invader out, just like the Vietcong 40 years ago. If you think the war in Afghanistan is motivated by the desire to kill Al Qaeda, you need to read a thing or two on geopolitics.
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McClure's Tone and formatting make his writing so delightful to read. Internet writing needs more of that.

Unfortunately for us non-native English speakers, adopting an original writing style in English is not that easy.
http://anonymouse.org/cgi-bin/anon-www.cgi/https://thepirate...

Should be secure to download from.
Ah. I think he felt it was kind of overrated as well, hence the denigrating take on his contribution. I may be wrong, though, since this was over 12 years ago.
The burden of proof lies on the accuser's shoulders. How do you know it's not disinformation? From now on, the Pentagon will blame WikiLeaks for every civilian death. WikiLeaks had no incentive to put innocents at risk, but the Pentagon has all the incentives to discredit WikiLeaks.
I am talking about all sides. Not just the USA or the terrorists, but the Iranians, the Pakistanis, the Israelis, the Somalians, the Indians, the Chinese, the Russians...

The world is more complex than these shallow sides. I wish I could tell you what I see in one comment, but I can't. All I can ask you to do is to read history from a neutral perspective and follow the chain of causality down the ages.

I've read enough to know that I don't understand the world, and I never will. I can merely try to help other human beings unconditionally no matter what. This might sound crazy, but provided that a terrorist is willing to take a path of peace and understanding I am willing to give him/her a peaceful home both mentally and physically.

I wish you peace.
Seconded. Please tag as a video, this "article" isn't useful if you're not using speakers/headphones.
I'd like to know what goes into the loss in accuracy. At first you'd be willing to try to say the extra background, or the quality of the camera.

But after a little thinking I bet its more because of the unknown angle, possible variation in screen size, and where the user is sitting/the camera mount position.

Is it users that don't track well, or a combination of them and their hardware set up? If someone doesn't track well, does another person with a different eye color then sit down in the same position and track better?
Things might be better post-invasion - they damn well should be - but surely the point is that the US, British and other armies must be held to a higher standard than the Taliban?

No-one expects them to be perfect, but they do expect avoiding the killing of innocent civilians to be a priority. If there is evidence to suggest it is not, it should be given due attention.

A prefectly free and unhindered press helps to prevent atrocities by making armies accountable for their actions. Wikileaks might be a very crude tool, but it's definitely enhancing press freedom
Traffic noise. Build quieter cars, give more thought to urban design. Make low noise a design property.
I think you are confusing anti-competitive behaviour with a lack of business success.

Intel has been a hugely successful company, so successful in fact that they thought that they could get away with practices like this.
Another important one, about master Qc Na:

http://people.csail.mit.edu/gregs/ll1-discuss-archive-html/m...
I have paid the to see the last part of the video and it is a legitimate technique.
Looks like a joke, but seems to be real. From the draft:

Use cases for EmotionML can be grouped into three broad types:

Manual annotation of material involving emotionality,
such as annotation of videos, of speech recordings,
of faces, of texts, etc;

Automatic recognition of emotions from sensors,
including physiological sensors, speech recordings,
facial expressions, etc., as well as from multi-modal
combinations of sensors;

Generation of emotion-related system responses, which
may involve reasoning about the emotional implications
of events, emotional prosody in synthetic speech, facial
expressions and gestures of embodied agents or robots,
the choice of music and colors of lighting in a room, etc.
I have no knowledge of raising capital and managing a fund. I don't think I could operate on that large scale yet, just want to concentrate simply on trading, with money provided.
I think they want you to manually flag spam using the Spam button, rather than using an automated filter, mainly to avoid false positives.
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For my current work task, I am using it for information extraction from Freebase which requires a lot of JSON manipulation. I was using Ruby but Clojure use is preferred at CompassLabs (both languages are well suited for Freebase data hacking).

I mostly use Java for Hadoop machine learning work, but I may transition to Clojure in the next few weeks (my CTO has suggested this).

Earlier this year, I added Clojure examples to my last book on the Semantic Web.
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Perhaps the problem is that you are focusing too much on what people want. For sure to have your audience in mind when writing is important, but to have your audience be your master leaves you aiming for the lowest common dominator.

Maybe you should take less care of your readers and be your own harshest critic. Do you like your post, do you think it is great, might it need something added or taken away.

There are many people out there all with their opinions and moods of the day and prejudices and.... you can't please everyone. Please yourself first and foremost, then perhaps you will find a readership you love :)
Maybe he walks all the way ;)
Only for civilians whose name and village were in the leak! How much is "coincidence" and how much is "enemy action"?
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