skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
After glancing at the site:

1. It doesn't look particularly good, visually.

2. It's not immediately clear what it does. I just saw a list of recipes, so I assume it's yet another recipe site (there are 1000s).

3. After making the effort to dive in further, the "restaurants tab" seems to give me a random map with some random restaurants. I don't get it: what does the site do for me?

4. This is a startup about local restaurants, right? Local is very, very hard. And restaurant reviews just aren't very compelling, particularly because the few reviews I looked at where pretty meh, not really worth reading, quite honestly. "Seven dollar lunches -- including soda and tax -- served in about seven minutes have made Celtic Crossing an incredibly popular Memphis lunch stop." -> booooring, and not different from restaurant reviews I can read in 100 other places. I think you're on the wrong track. Sorry to be harsh.
Infrastructure 2.0 Enables Cloud
Im male. When i first got interested in computers(back when my age was a single digit), i didn't follow role models, i just got drawn to these machines, almost instinctively, and not just computers, cars, electronics, any kind of machines. I had my technical influence of course, my dad knew a lot about machines and electronics, but i think its something a bit deeper. Men have been making tools for hundreds of thousands of years, in my complete lack of experience in genetics, i think its foolish to dismiss genetic factors. Which is not to say that role models and culture have no effect, i just think that it has less of an effect than genes.

Bottom line is that my politically correct(i hope) opinion is that while women positively have the ability do be good developers(physicists, mathematicians, engineers), and even though some of them DO become good, most lack this internal drive(almost an obsession) I've had since before i can remember.
This is where Node.js and Clojure fanboys should learn from. First ones, about what is real concurrency, second ones - what is a functional programming (as opposed to code imperative stuff in a funny lisp-like systax). ^_^
Woops, sorry about that, we've included a description now at the introtext to take that into consideration. Thanks for letting us know :-)
This guy lists some good starting points: http://cptl.org/wp/index.php/2010/03/30/tuning-solid-state-d...
I pay $2,500/month for full use of a 1gbps circuit at one of my datacenters. 10 years ago I would have paid about $250k/month for that sort of capacity (and another $100k for a router/firewall that could handle it).

Bandwidth has definitely gotten significantly cheaper, which of course doesn't solve the broadband problem. If you live in the suburbs, or on a farm, then you've chosen a lifestyle which is inherently wasteful & inefficient, too much so to facilitate rapid infrastructure upgrades. Move to a city if this matters to you. Here in SF I pay $33/month for a synchronous 100mbps ethernet connection.
Yes.. they support it until 2014. My 'dead' comment was really that from a feature set point of view. I'm supporting, but I'm not adding any new features. As a software company aren't you wanting your customers to upgrade to the latest and greatest?
I wish the author hadn't decided to use Moore's Law as a standard to measure the price against. It takes away from the point, or maybe is the wrong point entirely. I do feel prices are higher than they need to be for the consumer, and I very much feel this is because I as a consumer (at least where I live) have only one choice in the matter, cable or DSL. I wish we were debating that and not discussing why Moore's Law doesn't apply to this situation.
FYI, that link currently seems to be broken. There's an extra %22 at the end of the url, like this:

http://awesomenessreminders.com%22

instead of this:

http://awesomenessreminders.com/
First hit: http://jobs.metafilter.com/173/Site-Reliability-Engineer-at-...

Required Skills/Qualifications:

* BA/BS in Computer Science, MS or PhD is preferred.

* 0-15 years experience.

* 3+ years developing web-based applications.
that's what we have now... (where do you think those credit cards come from)

// Sorry - couldn't help myself.
Learn HTML and CSS (not hard at all) ... lots of freelance gigs for frontend layout people. You'd clear $1000/mo easily with less than 20hrs of work a week.
Sure, it's certainly not perfect. In the cases where I've used it the benefits far far outweigh the negatives you've pointed out.

I feel like you need to enter with an open mind for any conversion to PDF...
1) Searchable menu database. You're trying but no succeeding in solving that problem. Check this search: http://marksmenus.com/search?page=1&query=pizza&loca...

2) How many restaurateurs are active users?
Google goggles perhaps? Take a photo of the cool car and have google goggles identify it. I don't think language processing is the answer here -- image/video/audio search (which use those formats as the search term) is probably the way forward.
Parse it once more: "Operating systems earlier than Windows 7 and the latest, greatest Linux kernel should beware"

Translation: latest, greatest Linux kernels support TRIM.
I sincerely hope that it will be horrible so that I'm not tempted to hand over even more of my personal life to Google.

No offence to the people building it.
People always use this as an example, but I don't think it's true. Next time you're in line at a retail store, or even a coffee shop, pay attention to how many people use cash. It's probably down to 50% or less these days, people already use a credit card for pretty much everything if only for the value points, convenience, and high ATM fees.
Salmon in downtown Denver? http://marksmenus.com/search?page=1&query=salmon&loc... This result set/results page is just not compelling at all, sorry. You need to work on making this search return something useful.
HTC Reveals HTCSense.com, A Cloudy Rival to Apple's MobileMe Ecosystem
Internet Explorer 9 beta review
Caribbean national creates a new Superhero
Are Gmail Accounts Really Hacked?
I found my Gmail account hacked, Same thing happened with many of my friends.

Do anybody know what happened to Gmail Accounts?

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=13ff10af7f0d25f6&hl=en
Fantasy Football: The New Internet Porn
My understanding is that it should be: Melinda Gates, Hero.

When she connected the plight of many of the world's children to that of their own he got it.
To sum up in 5 words what many here said in more: "Great Powers imply Great Responsibilities."

At 19, Zuck had big powers and no responsibility. It's not excusable, and I'm not sure it's forgiveable either.

Now, Mark Zuckerberg has immense power. I doubt that he's responsible enough to make up for it. I even doubt that anyone can be responsible enough.

And if the responsibility needed to wield the power of Facebook doesn't exist, well, maybe wielding it at all is not excusable, or even forgiveable.
Isn't this more an example of when it's best to let a customer go?

Is the cost associated with meeting this small percentage of customer's needs worth actually meeting them?
Never heard of it...
get into opengl (learn the library), then move on to directx, if you're a designer, get into maya or 3dsmax and start making characters. the tricky part: learning to program physics & binding to models in script- there are frameworks to help with this (direct-x is much easier than opengl on this front).
Of course you wouldn't be able to see the screen for all the stickers saying: "designed for windows glass", "windows home semi-starter- premium edition (bathroom only not kitchen edition)", "intel inside" etc ....
Well, seems that 'sheet of glass' it's the new 'football stadium' for small measures
Strangely, for many years iTunes did not exist because people were "fighting" piracy while Steve Jobs and Apple were repeatedly rebuffed for telling them that they couldn't fight it, instead they had to compete with it.

This is covered in his Rolling Stone magazine interview:

www.keystonemac.com/pdfs/Steve_Jobs_Interview.pdf
Not bad (this done without specifying any options which might improve conversion)...

http://www.visionaryrenesis.com/nytimes.pdf
Don't be sorry! Looking for honest feedback.

Re: the reviews, we're actually trying to differentiate from other websites by offering "recommendations" instead of "reviews". For example, when I'm simply looking for a place to eat lunch today I don't necessarily want to read pages and pages of long-winded exposition (i.e., reviews) -- I simply want those in the know (local foodies) to point me in the right direction.

What do you think of that approach?
We're actually in the process of working on several of these exact things. Thanks for the feedback.
I agree that I wouldn't normally use this site on a daily basis, because once I have found the best "burger" or "lentil soup" in my area, I tend to go there instead of repeating the search each time. That said, with my pregnant wife, we are constantly trying to find where we can satisfy her new cravings, and a searchable menu service would really help us. Tip One: market the searchable menu service much more! It is not clear in the URL name or on the main page that it is an option/strength. Tip Two: Allow reviews and/or ratings not just at the restaurant level, but at the Meal level. That way if I want to find the best (user reviewed) meatloaf in memphis, your site is where I would start.
Hello, which big city are you in?

Perhaps like many other engineers, I can totally sympathize. I went through a similar period myself for several years. Looking back, I now realize that I held this incorrect perception that everyone else around me already had an active social life, and that if I reached out for friendship I'd come across as seeming desperate. Like people would think, "Why is this guy trying to be my friend? He's X years old, shouldn't he already have enough friends by now?" Then gradually I learned that many people around me were just as open to making friends as I was, and that many of the folks who you'd think were the most popular socialites are in fact couch potatoes with the same sense of loneliness that you feel.

Be patient, it will get better. And there's nothing wrong with you.
Browser updates from Microsoft have ALWAYS been opt-in and that is the reason you don't see the same adoption rates like with other browser manufacturers.

As a web developer, it's my biggest gripe with Microsoft.
Great advice, I agree with you. I'll work on changing it and the docs, but leave the existing paths for sometime. I've learned something, this was all worth it :)
Misleading headline. They are talking about the future Microsoft surface, or table computer.
Impressive - ~How long until this is type of method is supported in HTML5?
edit: my fault. They were here almost at the same time. ^_^
They keep trying that, but no one uses them.
Found another reference on web regarding this.

http://emperor.tidbits.com/webx/.3cf90306/37
Do you mean "recent?"
Django 1.2.3 on Google App Engine
I gotta say, this is what I love about HN: an idea can leap from a college professor to a practicing attorney using a simple coder as a medium.

That, and there aren't too many flamewars.
The Cult of Busy
Bill Gates is the new hero because Steve Jobs is the new villain.
>What is my company doing wrong?

I think this is the wrong question. The right question is 'what can my company do better?'. In your case, there is not much value-add over a google search. Tell me where I can get 2 for 1 pizza right now, who makes the best lasagne, give me coupons, loyalty schemes, 'say marksmenus.com sent you' calls to action, 'do you like ramen? try these 3 local joints' features. Bury yourself deeper into both the restaurants and users. Your app is good....it could be better.
The action begins at 10.30 AM Pacific guys - definitely, keep an eye out for http://blogs.msdn.com/ie
From a user perspective, debit/credit cards already fill this niche (is the plastic money culture different in Japan?).
isn't 6 exactly the age kids start asking questions?

Yes but a 6 year old still believes their parents :-)

Seriously, the issue is that the questions young kids ask need a lot of context to interpret - they are not the kind of thing you can type at a search engine. For a (real) example a kindergartener watching a cartoon might ask "why are they walking normal"? So the parent has to figure out that (a) the cartoon characters are supposedly on Mars (b) the kid thinks Mars is like the moon (c) the kid has seen footage of real astronauts on the moon (d) ergo the kid had an expectation for the characters to walk "funny" on Mars.

The kid is asking a good question, but is not able to form the googlable question "What is the gravity on Mars"? It needs an adult (and frequently specifically a familiar caregiver) to mediate the question it is asking to the question that can be answered.
book? just pick a problem and a language, and solve it dude. Start something. You learn through doing. no book solves this.
I think he's villanized because of his main product, Windows. It suffers from the same plight Bill himself suffers as mentioned in the article. Awkwardness.
Who do you use for the 100mbps connection?
You might be right if they invest in small enough amounts. But if they try to invest at the size necessary to matter to their own portfolios, that's when you would have issues.
Bill can be a hero because the stranglehold Microsoft had on computer development is gone with the advent of the Web as the platform. No one is afraid of the big bad MS any more.
How? I mean, could you elaborate that idea please? I don't see how Mr. Jobs being unpopular in some circles would imply that Mr. Gates became popular.
Scientists are still people, funded by money that comes from other people. I don't think they should be revered. I don't think that there should ever be a "come on, this is what we believe now, get with the program". I'm always up for skepticism. I don't like this "what's wrong with these people that they're not listening to us" attitude.

EDIT: It's not a bad article, but it ignores the possibility that people doubt the particular scientists for legitimate reasons.
The problem with adding sales tax to the price tag is that sales tax isn't uniform across the U.S., and residents from one state can buy something and have a different sales tax applied (I see this happen frequently with Oregon -> Washington travelers).

I suppose the first step would be to unify sales (or whatever) tax across the country.
Pinning these "immersive app-like experiences" to the task bar sounds like one step back in terms of UI innovation. Having different webpages available from the task bar looks exactly like what I had with IE6 and multiple windows.
Sounds like we may not be doing a very good job getting our message across.

Good suggestions re: SEO and social features. Thanks!
The key phrase in your question of course is over everything else on the market. The value of IE9 is that it will get more people off IE6, 7, and 8. Certain types of web app will be much easier to produce once (eventually) they only need to support IE9+.
It's not just EM waves. Billions of sub-atomic neutrinos pass through your unborn baby's body and yet no research has been done to show these are safe.

My special neutrino proof baby wear (made from only natural recycled neutron star cores) will screen out (or about as much as this blocks 10Mhz RF) of this potentially dangerous radiation.

As a bonus the curvature of the light around the super massive corset will also make you look thinner!
Excellent suggestions. Many thanks.
C300 is definitely NOT the fastest SSD drive. There are a few that are much much faster.

1) FusionIO ioXtreme = 670/280 MB/s

2) FusionIO ioDrive = 770/750 MB/s, 140,000 IOPS

3) FusionIO ioDrive Duo = 1500/1500 MB/s, 261,000 IOPS

4) RamSan-440 = 4 GB/s, 600,000 IOPS

5) NextIO vSTOR S100 = 5.5/6 GB/s, 2,200,000 IOPS

There are many more listed here: http://www.storagesearch.com/ssd-fastest.html
It's well-known that Intel roadmaps are influenced by the expectations created by Moore's law, yes.
These researchers seem very disconnected from the market. What hardware have they shipped that people want to buy?

They should take a queue from Apple and have small teams or individuals working on a 10-3-1 process - make 10 different prototypes where everyone can go wild, the 3 best of those are further developed, then a final polished iteration from those.
Yup. As they say. It is easier and faster. Well he secures himself when he rests. But thats just a few times.
Two points. One, as I pointed out elsewhere, the study was not on searching the internet, but on searching websites.

Two - and I'm sorry to pick on you because others are doing it - you're in real danger of hindsight bias here: http://lesswrong.com/lw/im/hindsight_devalues_science/
Going Down Fighting
We're actually about to finalize a deal with the local paper to white label our content. Thanks for the tip about signonsandiego.com; maybe channel publishing will be our niche.
I was refering to how your post said something ("It is just a music player. Nothing to see here.") which was the opposite of your intended meaning ("the iPod Touch is the most important device in the iOS product line"), emphasizing how unbelievable or unlikely it would have sounded if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of your intended meaning.

That's what I picked up on, but ignored.
After working with payment processing of credit, debit, EBT, and gift cards for the past few years, I have started using cash more.

For most transactions, a merchant is charged between 2-3% of the purchase price. This means that whatever you are buying could be 2-3% cheaper if cash were used instead. (However, for high-volume stores this may not be true since credit transactions take less time than getting change from cash.)

Furthermore, if someone steals your credit card number, you call them and have the charge removed. Does your credit card company take the loss with this? Not usually. The merchant that accepted the stolen card will pay. This in turn, makes the price of goods go up again.

These things take some toll on the overall economy. The real question becomes, how can we make cash transactions more efficient so that it improves commerce for individuals and improves the profits of businesses?
It's hard to pinpoint when, but I think at some point last year I stopped viewing Google as "special" and started considering them just one of many companies.

To me, Google was special because all their early products were made to solve very hard problems that me, among many other people had: search sucked, webmail sucked, etc.

That Google is dead, I'm afraid. Wave, Buzz, and now (probably) Google Me.. all products created with shady goals, terrible execution, disdain for privacy. Most importantly, they are products that NO ONE FUCKING NEEDS.

I'm still continuing using Gmail and Google for search because they are the best (although DDG is close, and I'm rooting for them). But I'm definitely looking elsewhere for anything close to innovation.

/rant
When I got into computers, I didn't realize there COULD be role models for that. I had never heard of any successful programmers. I couldn't name anyone famous for anything related to computers.

That certainly didn't stop me from being interested.
That "injection" was probably done by internet explorer, as stated in the first sentence of that msdn site. I don't have IE, so can't give you a certain answer. Check your site in another browser to see if that motw isn't there. I bet it won't be.
I doubt it. Different design goals: Passenger makes deploying Ruby web apps easy, Mongrel2 aims to be the Swiss army knife of networked servers.
"I would like to hire more women, but the number of job applications from women were well below 5 percent."

Wait, WHY do you want more women? Are they more skilled somehow? Because if not, that's sexist. You should be hiring the best person for the job, not looking for people that fit a certain concept in your mind.
Everyone loves character arcs and comeback stories.

Creating new villains means there's room for the old villain to be rehabilitated. Even if neither of them have changed a lot as people over the last 10 years, the media perception becomes the reality.
Interesting. In Boston I have the pleasure of paying $45/month for 1.5Mbps internet service from Comcast. Sadly, living in the heart of Boston, I am out of range of Mifi and FIOS.
I agree with you Doc, this isn't a zero sum game.

However, as Jobs is so closely tied to the recent success of Apple, and Gates is still seen as Microsoft even though he hasn't been an employee for many years.
Better standards support in IE is a boon for everyone; JS shivs and CSS resets only go so far in alleviating development pain. Still, I don't know that I would go so far as to say "back in the game" but, rather, "no longer so shockingly backward;" if only because IE is still chained to Windows. While it _is_ 90% of the desktop market, mobile platforms are making great strides into ubiquity and, at least anecdotally, folks tend to prefer homogeneity of their program set across devices.
I think there's a related phenomenon: we have "debates" and "disputes" over the expected effects of economic policies, social policies, political policies, etc. and then we get to see those policies in action. Neither major US political party seems to do better than 50/50 overall, despite having "expert" opinion from professional economists, social scientists, and so on. The media providing coverage of the debates, the arguments, and the policies don't generally do a good job of picking out the best analysis; their track record is far worse than 50/50. But viewers keep watching!

Then the same politicians and the same media trot out "scientists" in support of various measures. Sometimes the scientists are legit, and sometimes they're cranks. Sometimes the scientists are legit, but are talking about policy preferences rather than science. And most of the time, the politician or media member giving the "scientist" the podium doesn't have the expertise necessary to understand if the person is legit or totally nuts. And all of this gets ratings, so the media keeps it coming.

Throw in a little confirmation bias -- where people remember their side's successes and the other side's failures, and therefore trust of their side's experts and distrust of the other side's experts -- and you have a recipe for divided opinion even where there shouldn't be.
Microsoft ships IE as a critical Windows update. It's as "opt-in" as any critical Windows update.
I had the same issue.. was kinda like, wtf..?
The App Store bubble: How much does an App earn today?
It is obviously true that the applicant pool for tech jobs is dominated by male candidates.

It is less obvious but equally true that women are mistreated in interviews more often then men are. I did not believe this even a little bit up to 2004. I had, after all, hired women; once, I even hired one as my boss. Then I watched a woman go through a series of tech interviews with other people. Oops.

This person has the same broken mental model that I had: "I'm fair to both women and men, and I get very few women applicants, so the problem must be lower in the stack." There clearly are problems lower in the stack, but that's not all that's wrong.
http://xkcd.com/609/
Anyone know why canvas is used for the display, instead of html?
Why Your Startup Should Open Source
Tangential: Does anyone have experience with using SSDs in production web/DB servers? Is it viable (yet)?
Oh, I actually did have several email and phone conversations with two different recruiters. The only thing that my Google contact saved me was having to do one phone screen. That's it.

And yeah, applying for a job just about anywhere is rather tedious. But all the recruiter job-type/schedule coordination probably took less than two hours spread over two weeks. It didn't seem all that burdensome. Ce la vie.
Rate my startup: Make stupid simple websites for work, play and life.