skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The trouble with science is that the further we go, the more you need before you can understand the next step. It's my understanding that the science and math behind this is so complex that you'd need a decade or two of study just for the basics.

The alternative is to just not write the article, and that's not a good way to get young people interested enough to go through decades of study. Science in popular media is about recruiting the next generation of scientists, even if that goal isn't explicit.
I think this article http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/744199---israelifi... comprehensively explains what is infective and gives plenty of constructive suggestions. Namely because the method described is already in use and has not had any problems.
Whoa, I never expected Godwin to show up in a discussion thread about a horse.
Google Squared Experiment - make comparison tables on the go
And that letter wasn't very influential anyway, from all that I read.
In Defense of Google, Or Why Consumer Watchdog is Full of It
In terms of improving the legibility, you can try this method: http://www.amazon.com/Write-Now-Complete-Program-Handwriting...

Personally, I find it's a tradeoff between legibility and speed. I also found, back in my school days (when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and "portable computers" still weighed about 40 lbs, and were thus useless for classwork) that I'd do much better to think quickly and write slowly than the opposite.

In other words, writing speed really shouldn't be the bottleneck.
Fantastic photo. Now if only we had the foresight to make the ISS more substantial. It looks like a bug ready to be squashed. Makes me think we're in the dark ages of space research, a long ways from the eventual renaissance.
Ask HN: Please help me understand why my iPhone game violates the copyright?
The game in question is http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/stack-stack-attack/id350818179?mt=8 and the company claiming copyright is http://www.laigames.com/. The game is very simple and very popular too, with multiple online and iphone versions. I have following questions :-

1) Can such simple popular games be copyrighted ? Can ludo, tetris be copy righted ? If yes, where can I verify that (for. eg we can verify patents online).
2) The company manufactures booth games. Can it also claim a copyright on the online version of it ?
3) Will small modifications in the game make it escape the claim. For example http://itunes.apple.com/in/app/top-stacker/id388862228?mt=8 is a little different.

Please help me understand my various options. Should I simply take it down, ask for the proof of copyright or let them sue me ?
Interesting, but he wants a bit too much collapse to be inevitable. The current crisis is probably related to the 2006-2007 oil prices hike (the first actual effects of Peak Oil), and the situation will remain so for a decade or two : oil prices climb, demand is killed off, crisis ensue, prices drop, partial recovery comes, and we start the cycle again.

That means that instead of a brutal collapse, we'll live a state of depression, recession and incomplete recovery for the next decades, with at some point an inflexion from less growth to more depression. That's what we have to get prepared to.

Related papers :

* Rubin and Buchanan crisis analysis: http://www.manicore.com/fichiers/Rubin_Buchanan_CIBC.pdf

* Lloyds 360° risk insight : http://www.manicore.com/fichiers/LLoyds_Chatam_House_froggat...
Eigenvalues (and eigenvectors etc) can already be calculated numerically in polynomial time. Why would quadratic time make such a difference?
Perhaps you could introduce a few steps. Doesn't know if this makes sense, but just thinking out loud for your inspiration:

Step 1: signup for trial period (no cc asked)

After trial period: complete your profile and get 2 more weeks of signup (including your cc)

After extra trial period: confirm membership
I don't think there is any special Wacom integration despite the "Works with Wacom" (what doesn't?), it doesn't take notice of pressure or anything like that anyway.

edit: My mistake. It detects when you're using the eraser, but that's it.

edi2: Actually some of the brushes do seem to be pressure sensitive but it doesn't seem to work on all of the brushes it should.
Google Font Directory
This one's most certainly a law: FAR 91.21

http://www.risingup.com/fars/info/part91-21-FAR.shtml

It was written back in 1961 when the primary means of navigation was high-frequency omni-directional radio beacons, and from a technological standpoint is very likely to not be necessary. However, it is the law of the land and neither Virgin nor the flight crew is interested in sticking their necks (and certificates) out so that you can use your laptop below 10K feet.

Most air carriers have adopted a policy ref 91.21.b.5 that permits the use of approved electronic devices for the portion of the flight above 10K feet. On most flights, you'll hear a random single chime [same sound as the seatbelt chime] a few minutes after takeoff; that's the pilot letting the cabin crew know that the aircraft is climbing through 10,000 and the cabin crew will then make the annoucement that approved PEDs can be used.
big screen TV's used to differentiate the haves from the have nots. we need a new generation of pointlessly expensive TV's to fulfill this niche.
I'll only buy it if the dial goes up to 11.
Or I like Flame (but it's Java):
http://www.escapemotions.com/experiments/flame
First of all, you're asking a legal question, so you really should be asking a lawyer.

But in answer to your questions:

1a) The issue here isn't copyright. Copyright applies to text. The source code of a game is copyrighted, but I assume you didn't copy that.

1b) Yes, simple games can be protected-- but the nature of this protection would be in the form of trademarks or patents. I assume that the "Cease and Desist" letter they sent you will have the details of what kind of a claim they are making.

2) Depending on how a patent or trademark is written, it certainly could apply to online versions as well as booth versions.

3) How large or small the modifications would need to be will also depend on the specifics.

In other words, without more details, there's not much we (or a lawyer) can do to help you.

However: I'd be willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that your problem stems from the fact that you use the name of their game ("Stacker") in the description of yours. That's how they found it, and they're going to argue that it would cause confusion in the minds of the consumers.

If it were me in your shoes, the question I'd be asking myself is: is the revenue being generated from this game worth the hassle of talking to a lawyer? If not, I'd take down the game, and move on. If so, I'd call a lawyer.
I'm always looking to get to know cool people who may or may not want to work on creating something at some point. I think knowing someone for a while is important though, so I'm not looking to create more than, say, an open source or side project at the time being. I actually have a number of side project type things that I'd be willing to "share"... Stuff like LangPop.com - it's probably not a business, but it's a fun project.
> but the rest of the world coming together and imposing sanctions.

Maybe. It is just ironic that they are standing in line to do business with countries such as Equatorial Guinea (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teodoro_Obiang_Nguema_Mbasogo) and Saudi Arabia.

> Naomi Klein does in The Shock Doctrine and a heck of a lot of people have read that book.

I am not a big fan of Naomi Klein. She probably attacked the governments macro economic policy?

That is unfortunately the only thing that the ANC government did right in the past 16 years (this is now probably going to change with Zuma).

The reason for SA's macroeconomic policy was probably because previous prez. Mbeki did a masters degree in economics at a British university.
I do consultative hosted load testing, which includes scripting, load generation, and analysis.

http://testomatix.com

My email is ebeland at that domain.
Can You Really Make Money on the Internet?
How would you like it if I put a bridle on your face.
I came here to ask, does anyone know what Unix means in this context?
Maybe a "Worse is better" achievement?

(Not meant derogatory. Just in the sense of http://www.dreamsongs.com/WorseIsBetter.html)
I've always pointed people to w3schools.

I'd start by learning HTML4, and then you can learn the new features in HTML5 once you are comfortable with the core.

I'd also suggest that you build a buttload of webpages. Reading the tutorials isn't going to help much, if you don't get hands-on.
Oh, don't get me wrong -- I heartily approve of time-consuming obsessions. I just have enough of them to choose from already!
London, UK - Ruby on Rails

I and my business partner are available for any Ruby on Rails based projects. Preferably working remotely.

We're currently working with Rails 3, JQuery, Cucumber, RSpec. If anyone needs extra resources or a project completed quickly please message me on the email in my profile.
As the price of oil goes up, alternatives for the various uses of oil will appear. There are plenty of those already, they are just not economically viable. At the same time, everything is still getting cheaper and we are faring better and better. I don't see why the net result couldn't be a switch away from oil that takes a few decades, without our (increasing) wellbeing being jeopardized.
I'll also throw in an anecdote. My father, in his '70's has never, and I mean never, turned on a PC and used it. I got an iPad for him, and now he's sending me email and sharing jokes with me, like every new internet user. I expect the dancing baby clip any day now.

The iPad is the missing link between people who want to get online but can't be bothered to learn how to use Windows or Mac OS. It really is a big step forwards because of battery life, display clarity, ease of learning the gestures and lack of scary buttons.
I understand. How long did it take you to solve it?
I am. New project, very exciting. Need someone with technical skills and an interest in search. Yes, very vague, contact me to learn more.
OpTar - archive data on paper
They did use HTML/CSS for display/rendering of the buckyball, but they also did use Javascript for animation and interaction.

Just to be clear.
Looking for a contract iOS (iphone now, ipad later) developer.

Telecommute (we're in LA and SF). Email justin @ menuism.com for more info.
> I'm an unabashed Craiglist hater simply because he completely fucked up and missed the boat and failed us developers by not transforming the most popular and best single Internet site of high signal/noise anonymous contact into the best open mashup API of real-time, localized, semantic data

Not only has CL failed to innovate, it actively goes after and shuts down third parties who do interesting things with CL data. :(
Thanks. I wondered if the puzzle might encourage more responses in addition to filtering out the send-a-resume-to-everything ones. The puzzle differentiates you from most of the open positions.
Sorry, you are right. I misspoke. He rather has 'anarchist' leanings. He is against "systems of domination without justification".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G6kf7XM9Nk

Chomsky has a complex position that defies quick labels.
I think his analysis of the system is pretty accurate, but, of course I don't really see him as having presented any type of workable solution/alternative. But what brilliant analysis and critique!
Top Common Faults in Human Thought
The Curse of “Things I Have Done” Lists
Up until the beginning of this year, one of my former clients used a PIII 1133MHz with 512MB of memory to serve two Java applications with, at peak days, ~20K daily hits and ~2K sales with a turnover of ~100K euro. The machines could easily handle twenty times that volume. There was a machine with similar specs available for failover.
You should go to clojure-conj (I certainly am). But if you can't make it, you might be interested in Strange Loop (St. Louis Oct 14-15), which also has a strong Clojure focus: http://strangeloop2010.com/calendar
I see what you mean, but my experience is quite often that I have to hunt a lot to get answers to straightforward questions. After a fair bit of effort (if I keep going, sometimes for a considerable time...) I'll get the answer - but not always even then. (of course, for very common questions, the answer does often pop up immediately - I'm certainly pleased when that happens.) Asking in a forum is great, and usually effective, provided you know enough about the question and know an appropriate forum (eg. stackoverflow for programming questions). I should have included "commonly asked questions" as well as "reference questions". Search engines are great at harvesting this low hanging fruit which would otherwise go to waste.

But in the other two cases, the answers are not immediate, which was the thrust of the statement to which I objected - it's quoted above, and includes "instant gratification", "answered immediately" and "almost any question". We're not there yet, we've only got the easy stuff. Wolfram|Alpha is an attempt to go a bit deeper, and it's also part of Google's mission.
Note to everyone who posted an open position here - we might all find it interesting if, after a few days, you post a reply to your own thread characterizing the responses you received: how many, how relevant, and what caught your eye about the most interesting ones.
Looking back at some of the things our grand parents expected us to have now, I would have to say predicting a lean green future seems a little foolish.
dA is like Facebook. It's hard to compete with because it depends on the social network aspect. There are people with tens and hundreds of thousands of pageviews and thousands of watchers who have never submitted any art.
The crazy part about laserdisc? You had to get up and flip the disc over halfway through the movie!
SEO T-Shirt Competition
happened to me too. I didn't notice it until I heard the fan blasting, and it took me a while to realize what was going on :P
Also matches spectrum of left lens of 3D glasses from my movie theatre. Life spontaneously created from cinema!
Whenever I see a giant block of ads between the title and the first paragraph and the little bar of ads posing as navigation I just assume it's a spam blog.
Nothing draws for me. Win7 64 IE8. Sigh.
It's very fast for me on Chrome for Windows but the fan kicked in as soon as I opened the page. Looking at the Chrome task manager it's using a huge proportion of the CPU compared to other tabs.
It may not be pretty, but neither is working in a mine or fishing. At least the death rate is lower.

And Craigslist prostitution is much, much prettier than street prostitution, high profile murder cases aside.
Also, in the hospital.
A Windows 98 PC for sample transfer to an old Akai S950 (software doesn't work in Windows XP), and the same machine to run a HardSID ISA card (ISA is a pre-PCI PC device bus).
I have to disagree: my Dad bought a 3D TV about 2 months ago, and with the LCD shutter glasses the visual quality is good and it is a lot of fun (at least we all enjoyed the few movies my Dad had). My Dad makes his own blu-ray videos, is totally into video editing,is very fussy about quality, and likes the new TV for regular blu-ray viewing.

About 16 years ago in our SAIC virtuality lab (we made a few prototype race car simulators, starting with taking 3 days of lessons at Laguna Seca from NASCAR drivers) we had LCD shutter glasses to experiment with and even back then the quality was stunning.

Before you diss on 3D TV, try watching a movie in a comfortable home setting with friends and see how much fun you have.
Straps and chains are never compensated, never.

Give me liberty or give me death.
Google Web Fonts or @font-face are great leap towards better web typography but sadly that's not the only piece of puzzle that needs to be solved.

Every OS, and every browser on that OS renders text differently. Read this for more on that: http://24ways.org/2009/real-fonts-and-rendering

I recently wrote a silly article, mainly to see how the typography will shape the whole feel of the webpage at http://www.sushaantu.com/moustache.html It looks awesome to me on my Ubuntu Chromium 7 but sucks on Firefox 3 of Windows and OSX.

Google Font Directory is indeed a great thing to make web little more beautiful but we need support from OS and browsers as well which are making steady pace.
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Social dynamics fascinate me as well. So far, I have not found a means to turn it into a business. For me, a consistent challenge is that monetizing such a thing has to be indirect. I don't believe it would work to sell it like a consultancy on a hourly basis -- at least not for the things I am working on. For me, this piece of it has been a very frustrating thing. However, the stuff I love more than money basically needs to be a grass roots movement to get anywhere and that is where having such insights may prove to be useful in the long run. Perhaps you need to look at "marketing" as a possible outlet for this interest of yours? Presumably, pick-up-artistry is basically about selling yourself. Presumably, that would translate well to other things if that is how you want to go (ie it is a form of marketing so maybe that is a potential strength for you). I have a personal stumbling block in that regard. Maybe you do not.

Good luck with this.
Chomsky is a 'libertarian socialist', which is very different than Socialism. See the giant thread here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1653063
> I've spent many, many hours on this God thing, and at
> the end of the day you can't prove nor disprove there
> is a God.

Just a slight detail : you can't prove or disprove there aren't unicorns, or an invisible dragon in my garage, or a teapot in orbit between the Earth and Mars (just to take well-known overused examples).

Non-existence is the default state of anything you can think about. You need to prove that things do exist, not the other way around. Therefore unless you proved something exists, it doesn't exist.

Nobody would ever seriously discuss that conclusion on any other subject than God, that's getting tiring, admit it.
A treadmill that goes up and down and can skew.
Valid arguments cannot contain in their conclusions any term (or grammatical mood) that is not present in their premises. In other words: All valid arguments are made up of one or more syllogisms, which, in turn, are made of three parts: the major premise, the minor premise and the conclusion.

.

Example:

o Major premise: All men are mortal.

o Minor premise: Socrates is a man.

o Conclusion: Socrates is mortal.

Each of the three distinct parts contain terms, "men", "mortal", and "Socrates". "Mortal" is the major term and "Socrates" is the minor term. The premises also must have one term in common with each other, which is known as the middle term; in this example, "man". If a term is found in the conclusion that is not present in either premises than the argument is invalid.

.

Example:

o Major premise: All men are mortal.

o Minor premise: Socrates is a man.

o Conclusion: Socrates is a Conservative.

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Furthermore, any argument that excludes 'god' in its premises cannot validly contain 'god' in its conclusion.
See http://shifter.devloop.org.uk/ if you want to connect to a *nix/BSD box from Windows with Xpra (cygwin doesn't have an Xpra package)
Works with iPad. A little lag here and there, but much better than any other canvas drawing app I've seen so far.
MapRejuice Is SETI@Home on Steroids
http://fairsoftware.net
Study on the Image of the Project Management Profession
Ask HN: Minimalistic web design works?
http://csa.22web.net/
This was my first actual design for a website. Though, I have been learning HTML/CSS/jQuery for only a month, I did kind of like what I made.
But, it got rejected for being too minimalistic and I was said the minimalist design is not charming enough. I have looked at department of computer science websites from standford/MIT, and they all believe in getting the content out in a no non-sense manner.
So, does minimalist design really work, or as some article recently pointed out (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1659020), simplicity is over-rated?
The Need For Software Localization Still Prevails
Links,
http://csa.22web.net/
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1659020
It would probably be enough to make it as 3D as a theatre. Theatre scenes do not have to look good from behind.
That makes sense to me, but many people advertise their income on online dating profiles, so it doesn't seem to be a universal opinion.
I'm completely with you, but this is not the right place for this discussion. Lead by example (adopt a 100% cruelty-free lifestyle) and let your influence slowly trickle out through your social network.
My understanding is that guide animals (and drug-sniffing dogs) are intentionally starved for affection and only showered with loving attention for doing what is needed of them. That is how they are kept useful. Showering them with affection and positive attention at other times actually destroys their usefulness as a guide animal. Or so I have heard.
News of the World faces fresh phone hacking charge
Man caves: So porn should help sports to drive adoption?
Peter Thiel: There Are No Good Bets Against Globalization
This was roughly my thought too. A social network that will only ever be available to a small niche (iTunes users that purchase music on the ITMS) is hardly social. Last.fm is available to anyone regardless of their platform or where they got their music, with the obvious caveat that they need a plugin for their music player.
There are competitors. I know of three. I don't know that I would call them successful though.

http://www.paperdemon.com/

http://sheezyart.com/

http://storm-artists.net/

Disclaimer: I was a moderator at storm-artists.net for a little while.
To expand on how the joints rotate: the CSS styles use a translation of a large CSS sprite image, which consists of 90 stacked images of the joint at various stages of rotation over 180 degrees. Even older browsers that only support translation transforms will work just as well. (Angles must be rounded to the nearest 2 degrees, which would explain some jumpiness.)
Yet another ASP.NET flavor?
who is downvoting this? It works flawlessly for me but for others this is a valid complaint.
You can relive the nostalgia here
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/duke_nukem_3d_atomic_edition
Apparently "Unix" means "Linux" as the way this can be implemented varies from Unix to Unix.

Actually the introduction of this in the kernel back in '97 or so caused the company I was working for a lot of grief, and a quick recompile, since after a kernel upgrade the binaries we supplied were no longer working reliably.
I wouldn't have expected horses to be as intelligent as dogs. Probably because I have more experience with dogs. EDIT google's only giving me informal discussions: http://www.petqna.com/other/1014-1-other-petqna.html It seems while they are less intelligent than dogs, they can still give effective assistance.

Aside: I saw a guide dog on a sweltering day in peak summer last year in Melbourne. It was clearly very uncomfortable, licking its lips. But it was also clear there was no chance it would let down its owner. It was touching to see such faithfulness; now I often donate to the guide dogs.
Compare "Seinfeld is Unfunny" (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SeinfeldIsUnfunny).
Your statement is just wrong. Angus Deaton at Princeton found "Each doubling of national income is associated with a near one unit increase in average life-satisfaction measured on an eleven point scale from 0 ('the worst possible life') to 10 ('the best possible life')". I'm all for deluding yourself with baseless platitudes to rationalize your lack of success, and then getting a Yeah! Yeah! rally of upvotes from people similarly situated, but please don't advance such falsity here.