skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Let me give another example then, where the company being discriminated has more at stake. What if Apple said that artists from the MCA label couldn't play on their MP3 players. Now all of a sudden you have a music label that is being blocked from being played on the most dominant MP3 player in the world. Apple, with its monopoly power, could not effectively control which labels flourish and which don't. Of course, they don't do such a thing, and it would be near impossible to implement, but the example shows their strength.

And it doesn't matter that other players existed and prospered (although I'd argue that none prospered before the iPod). It's simply a question of market power at this point in time, not 10 years ago. It would be like MS arguing that the Commodore OS used to be the desktop operating system (when the C64 reigned supreme).
It would seem like the big perk here would be the 40k.

I really like the idea of going to Chile to get that support to build a prototype etc, and if I had some friends who were similarly motivated I would definitely consider applying.

I would rather take the 40k to be in Chile than say, Kansas, because Chile would offer another set of novel learning experiences as well - which would be part of the reason for going.
For another look at OS design and implementation, try Project Oberon. Beautifully clean design, if somewhat dated by hardware advances since the 80s.

http://www-old.oberon.ethz.ch/WirthPubl/ProjectOberon.pdf
I don't think so. I have auto updates and I don't get three updates per week.

I _believe_ the only updates that will automatically reboot are critical updates.
I don't think it's comparing apples to oranges. While they take different approaches, they have the same end result, and in a given project, you would probably only use one.
VoIP is content. SMTP/POP/HTML email is content. Do you want your ISP to monitor those to decide which are okay?

Discriminating against torrent traffic can be like racial profiling. A protocol is not an intent.

If you do want profiling, perhaps consumers running Windows should pay a higher fees and be given less bandwidth since those customers have higher support costs and have the machines most used for DDOS attacks, sending spam/scam and other foul behavior.

Windows machines harm the network. If a customer wishes to configure his router to share the bandwidth he's paid for, that's not theft of service. (Also read the F.C.C. notices included with U.S. routers - they don't own spectrum)
Here's what happened-- not too pleased with GoDaddy.

We had the domain set to autorenew every 2 years. The card # was no longer valid (one of the frequent instances where banks randomly send out new credit cards and invalidate old ones to keep ahead of fraudsters?).

The amazing thing is that GoDaddy sent the notice that the billing failed at midnight last night. And parked the domain. No grace period.

All of the domains that I DON'T have set to autorenew, GoDaddy bombards me with notices. This? No note to indicate that it's about to be renewed after 2 years. No courtesy note saying, "hey, even though you have 15 domain names that you've paid for successfully, this one isn't auto-renewing successfully-- maybe use another card?".

They just parked the domain.

Given this, I think it is MUCH safer to NOT auto-renew.

Anyhoo, I just renewed it. Apologies to folks who were inconvenienced-- no data will be lost.
When I find someone with both that much domain knowledge, and broad peripheral expertise, it will most likely cost me north of $200/hr, leaving me nothing. Not only that, but the hiring and looking is some extra chore I can do without. In the time it takes me to follow up with applicants, I would have gone through 15% of the project.

Somethings are best done by yourself.

And yes, Paul was right; I barely have any mind for our startup anymore. I live and dream the consulting gig; it monopolizes my imagination, and all I can do after a grueling 12 hour day of work is watch Family Guy and drink beer in bed like a bum.
> unlikely to ever get acquired

Not true, if you have a cash flow positive business, it can and will sell for the right price (not nearly what a public company trades for though unfortunately.)

Also, how about dividends?

I watch the Canadian or US (not sure which it is) version of this show and I have encountered several of the products I have seen on the show later in stores. Just this weekend, I saw some childrens play-dough (there was something special about it that I can't recall) being sold in Costco. This product was developed by a young guy living in a small town of about 200 people. Getting a product into a store as big as Costco is a godsend for most people. Even if you have to give up 80% of your company, you'll likely still do better in the end.

It seems the British version of this show is a tad unscrupulous however.
I do something tangentially related to data-warehousing.
That is exactly it. GoDaddy doesn't give any sort of courtesy heads up. Expiration date was yesterday at midnight. When billing failed (despite the fact that I'm a customer in good standing with a mess of other domains) they IMMEDIATELY parked the domain. I imagine I selected auto-renew because it seemed like I was less likely to screw up renewing the domain. I no longer think that's the safe path.
Wheelchair?
you are right about the tax point

i wanted to keep a positive mood about the own home town
berlin and london has surely more talent. but also more competiton in getting the talent. eg setting up a shoestring team in vienna should be easier than in london. the state funds help a lot in the first years.
i spoke with people in berlin. recruiting there is currently very tough.
>> they made a mutually beneficial agreement
> No they didn't make any agreement.

Oh, come on, don't play the words. You know I meant they agreed on a compromise that is mutually beneficial so they started pushing a joint proposal.

The context is very relevant: Verizon and Google are selling android phones at an unprecedented scale (save iPhones.) Google was the #1 lobbyist of Net Neutrality and Verizon is the second largest telco, lobbying against. Googles "facts" press release was signed by a former MCI attorney (Verizon subsidiary.)

I seriously doubt the telcos will stop at this. Just one example, why would Google care to defend against P2P throttling? (Say, P2P video like Skype calls, the same kind of competitor they are already throttling or blocking.)
How hard is it for Google to respond to email regarding suspected click fraud. Again, one example from someone I who vented at a conference relayed was they actually found a program that did click fraud that targeted a page where his ad often occurred. Sent it to Google with really weird charge patterns. No response. Another email, a call to a rep. The only thing he ever got was an over the phone, "thanks for the info... we'll take a look".

And this is a pattern I've heard a lot. It's not like people are just saying, "we're paying too much", but they actually do some of the legwork for Google. It would be great for Google to at least communicate the difficulty they're having, because I'm sure some of these people would go the extra mile to figure out what is going on.
a) don't use GoDaddy. period.
Personal anecdote:

I started running with an ancient pair of shoes. Flat, thin sole, absolutely no cushioning in it. After quite some time, I bought new running shoes, thick sole, lots of cushioning.

On my first run with the brand new shoes, I was much faster. MUCH faster. I got home amazed and thought I should have switched a long time ago, what was I thinking running in those ancient beat up shoes!

And I thought these new shoes must have a lot of bounce in them. So I jumped up a bit - nothing, no bounce. So I took them off, and tried to bounce them again. Still no bounce. They are cushioned, they dampen shock, absorb it, they are the opposite of bouncy.

Well then I should have been slower, why did I run faster with dampening? I kept thinking about that, and then the next day my knees were in pain. And that's when I seriously started researching running and shoes.

And I've pretty well convinced myself barefoot is the way to go. But to avoid stepping on you name it, look for shoes like the Vibrams, avoid heavy cushioning.
Then what criteria would you use that includes everything reasonable, but excludes botnets, malware, dos attacks and the like?
Aliens had much more advanced operating systems 75 million years ago. Imagine which operating systems they have NOW! :-)
I do this too. It's also worth buying a light pen to keep by your bed so you don't have to turn on a lamp and blind yourself. It makes getting back to sleep easier too.

You can sometimes get them free at conferences. This one from Amazon works great: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BUNMU4?ie=UTF8&tag=...
The author is not proposing a ban. Just the opposite, he is proposing that we deregulate parking by having people pay for the parking spots they use, rather than forcing someone else to subsidize them.
Well, there's going to be much less space further from the equator, as parallels on both directions from equator are getting shoter and shorter. The equator is 40,000 km long, but the parallel I live on (50th north) is just 25,000 kilometers long (if I'm correct).
Why is rescuetime.com still parked then?
thanks for the feedback.
we believe it is better left aligned. a lot of small layout reasons to sum up an strong opinion.
What's wrong with Silverlight?

(just curious)
Ask HN: College Hack
Tomorrow, I will be a freshman at college. Unfortunately this mean lack of time for my personal programming projects.

I would like to maximize my free time so that I can develop my infant electronic engineering hobby and grow as a software developer/entrepreneur while also maintaining a decent GPA so that I could get into my 4 years university of my choice.

I also know that I will benefit by networking with people at college, as poor as my social skills are.

So I am asking older, much more experienced hackers for their collective wisdom on how to navigate and get the most out of my college education/transitional time.
hi
sorry missed that
we are back in ldn on sept 13th-21st. e could meet for a quick chat if you like
Once you have established your online startup is viable you need to get professional help with IPR, DNS and CDN.

- CSC to hold your domain (https://www.cscglobal.com)

- UltraDNS for your nameservers

- Akamai for your static content
US officials say war goals modest in Afghanistan (AP)
A number of the comments confuse removing artificial subsidies of driving with applying artificial fees to driving. These are existing artificial subsidies, which force non-drivers and marginal drivers to pay heavy costs on behalf of drivers:

* Drivers don't directly pay for the full cost of roads, e.g. through a gas tax
* Minimum parking mandates force non-drivers to include parking for their home
* On-street parking is often far cheaper than the market would demand

You could ask, what's the problem with these subsidies? They change behavior in a systematic way which leads to bad results (sprawl & congestion). For example, for someone who has access to public transit, the mandatory construction of a personal garage via minimum parking requirements becomes a sunk cost, which I don't have to consider between the two options, whereas a market decision would include that substantial cost in the calculation.

You could address the bulk of Cowen & Shoup's points by simply:

* Raising the gas tax to cover the cost of road construction and maintenance
* Removing the mandatory minimums on parking spaces for new developments
* Charging closer to market value for existing meter parking

These measures aren't social engineering - they're in support of the idea that the real costs of driving ought to be borne by the driver themselves, and that non-drivers should be unburdened by the imposition of driving costs.
Ask HN: How do you store personal/private videos?
I'm archiving some 1080p home videos that I'd like to save for 50+ years. I'm having a hard time deciding how to do this. I'd prefer an online service so I could share the videos with family, but nothing popped up as an obvious best option. Plan B would be to buy some of those long-term storage DVDs and keep them in a safe deposit box. Over the next ten years I expect to have 100-250GB of data that I'd want to store like this.

Any ideas? It must last a long time, and be easy enough for my non-technical wife to use. I'd prefer it be accessible to others online via a password, but that's secondary to making sure the data is safely backed up. I'm also a bit nervous about a service that charges me annually/monthly--what if I'm out of touch for a few months, don't respond to e-mails and they simply delete all my video.
I also used Xinu in my O/S course. I'll mention that one of Doug Comer's (http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Comer) intentions with Xinu was to purposefully make a different design decision than Unix when pedagogically relevant. For example, instead of treating everything like a file (Unix/Linux) everything is treated like a device.

Its various iterations over the year do not necessarily remain true to that principle, but it is something different about the O/S.
With increasing numbers of users disabling Flash and some going with platforms that don't support Flash, the writing is on the wall. It's time to look to other platforms than Flash. Between Android and the Apple there are other areas experiencing major growth, easy to reach customers, and simple options for sales or ad driven income.

Flash games are already a big gamble of time and resources, with the odds of a decent return getting worse. Our shop bailed out over a year ago and don't regret it.
Don't lose your train of thoughts [an OO primer] - Markos Charatzas
I implemented my own timesharing kernel in C and little inline x86 assembler.

Main ideas:

1. Write context switch routine, which will require a little inline x86 assembler code.

2. Map it to timer interrupt.

3. Use C setjmp and longjmp to switch context.
on-server reminds me of Hop. Take a look at http://hop.inria.fr/, maybe http://hop.inria.fr/usr/local/lib/hop/2.1.1/weblets/home/art... in particular.
In my opinion, nothing should pop up without explicit user action (keypress, mouse click). Every would-be pop-up should be pop-under, with some cue (visual or otherwise) to inform the user that something may deserve attention (e.g. flashing taskbar entry or tray icon).

Note also that this is a general problem not restricted to Windows.
This touches on my area of research. The 'pyramid' idea of brain function is essentially a straw man to jazz up the Science Daily article. It's been known for a long time (a century) that recurrent loops occur throughout the brain. The mystery is what these loops do, given the apparent hierarchical buildups of representation that seem to occur in sensory systems, particularly the visual system. (Also in the hippocampus, e.g. place cells, and other areas in all likelihood.)

I haven't read the paper thoroughly (http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2010/07/28/1009112107), but looks like the authors are using a strategy of systematic and tightly circumscribed injections of anterograde & retrograde tracers to map out, with unusually high precision, the inter-areal projections for a particular circuit they're interested in. This mapping of inter-areal connectivity is a little different from what I'm interested in, which is to understand how the many-to-many anatomical wiring diagram between individual neurons in a neuronal network relates to the transformation of information carried out by that network. In other words, they are mapping connections between areas, but I think it's likely that an additional level of resolution -- the mapping of connections at the level of individual neurons -- will likely be necessary (and probably insufficient) to crack brain circuits.
Ask HN: How can I graph my Android/Google Checkout sales?
I can't seem to find anything but a python/matlab script for this.
You can't get meaningful stats unless you start out supporting IE.
Scrollbars are hard to use

2 finger scrolling on trackpads is much more intuitive and also, whats wrong with the scrollbar? I'm sitting here fiddling with the one on safari and still can't figure out anything wrong with it.

Window Max & Min buttons randomly work depending on the application

Window Max maximizes the screen to the maximum amount of space "needed". Though this might not feel great on a 13" macbook, move onto a 27" screen and you will understand WHY firefox taking up the entire screen is a plain simple waste of space.

I won't mention right clicking

You better not mention it, cause you do realize that on the mac it is called 2-finger-clicking. It exists. So, you mentioning it won't make much of a difference.

The hardware is also better but microsoft can force people to build awesome hardware.

People who love great software make their own hardware. Google did it for their servers. I used to use a dell laptop. Bought in 2007. Trashed in 2008. Replace by a mac. Its still on Warranty. Why you ask. 1 year and 4 months = 7th Motherboard, 2rd Screen, 5th Keyboard, 3rd hard drive.

And my macbook pro, 1 year and 4 months later: NOTHING.
That is absolutely false. Domain expiration date for RescueTime.com was the 14th (yesterday). This AM I did a gmail search for "GoDaddy RescueTime" and the only thing they sent me regarding this was midnight last night when they shut it off. I have dozens of recent automated emails from GoDaddy and also checked my spam folder just to make sure my anger wasn't unfair.
While most American do not live in rural areas, most Americans also do not live in urban areas. You need a car in the suburbs and that breakdown does not mention suburbs at all and simply lumps them together with urban areas.
I don't know about OS research specifically but there are a few systems startups about. RethinkDB and Acunu are the first to come to mind.
Proof that I am not an Apple Fanboy ;-)

The iPhone's notification system is f#$%ed up. Please fix it apple.
> The solution to all of these problems is "simply" to reduce the number of journeys we need to make.

I think you are in a agreement with the author of the book on that. The common goal is "less journeys". The difference seems to be in the way to achieve that. He wants to tax those who commute, you, it seems, might want to give incentives to companies to move to suburbs or to let employees telecommute, or to have some kind of tax incentive for employees to move to the city.

Whatever method is used it will take decades to make a difference and it will be very unpopular. Making parking $70/day like it is in London in some garages, would destroy Los Angeles. It is a city that is so car centric and pedestrian unfriendly that it would completely cripple it.

I personally hate Los Angeles for that reason. Its public transportation sucks, it is filled with a tangled mess of highways, no sidewalks, you end up sitting in traffic for hours, even though the highways are already 8 lanes wide. I would never live there.
Was anybody else bothered by the giant moving spammy pop-up on that site? I'm currently reading on an iPhone and it took up practically the whole screen.
OSDI is "the MINIX book". It shows, about as much detail as possible, how a microkernel-based OS is written, down to the actual (complete) source code.

Modern Operating Systems, on the other hand, is a bit higher level (but still fairly nitty-gritty) and examines two monolithic kernels (Linux/Unix and Windows) as case studies.
Just curious, could you tell us what the following would cost in Santiago?

- A 50 sq m apartment in a central location on the 2nd or higher floor
(including electricity/water/garbage service)
- An unlimited 1-month transportation pass
- Groceries for 5 days for one person, assuming you're making breakfast/lunch/dinner
- One beer in a bar.
- A pair of Levi's 501 jeans
- A taxi across town
- Dinner in a decent restaurant
- 1 month of high-speed internet access
Yes, that's been the primary source of China's economic boom.
Green laser pointers can emit dangerous levels of infrared radiation
great post with great links. thanks

how do we save posts in HN?
This looks interesting. Do you need any pbx or if i got 5 IP phones, set them up, they would just work?

Need to crunch some numbers on per minute vs flat rate. One of the businesses is phone intensive, probably use 120-240 minutes per day.
You say that like it's a bad thing. ;-)
Yes, I agree with the existing point and was just adding some additional opinion.
A true public good (non-rivalrous and non-excludible) would in effect need to be completely subsidized. The closest real world example would be pure research which in the real world is paid for by the government or non profit seeking organizations. IMO, GPL code is close, however it is somewhat rivalrous in that only a few branches will be maintained, and insuring code which best supports your organization is in the main branch has value. EX: Google does not want an add blocker to be installed in Firefox by default.

However, that's not what is generally considered a subsidy. A targeted tax break on wind farms is the the class of activity I am talking about. When governments directly provide services there is little incentive to increase production beyond what is useful and significant incentive to cut back production. However, with farm (food) subsidies there is by definition overproduction which prevents non subsidized actors from competing and distorts consumption.

PS: Thanks, I should have been more clear.
Twice I've had routers notify me that 192.168.0.1 is in use by another network service and automatically remap its own services to 10.0.0.x. One of these times was due to a DSL modem's web administration being on 192.168.0.1.
The tutorial certainly lacks any emphasis on security. It ought to be mentioned right up front. Does the choice of development environment matter? Say so!!! Trying to add security after the fact is painful and tends to be only marginally successful.
I've never used Chrome so I don't know if it's better or worse.

My point though is that it's first in recent years that we've had tools like these, and they made a huge difference for me helping me undesrtand what the hell goes on with the styles. It's a much nicer workflow than the old edit-reload-check-edit-reload-check model, where you inserted coloured borders to see exactly how large your divs were, and moved things a few pixels at a time until it looked right.
The page linked is a proof of concept -- a minimal demonstration. The same process can be applied to any XSS vulnerable router.

That said, I've upvoted you for the link.
Erik Demaine is one of my favorite CS people. His MIT OCW course on Algorithms/CLRS is definitely worth seeing.