skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is by far one of the most disruptive innovation ... also because all the energy, utilities and power companies got panicked as they might go out of business but were calmed down as they would either get license to the technology OR sell those energy servers and/or also supply other input energy that is required (such as bio-gas, methane, natural gas etc.)
It's asymmetric also because those advocating backdoors have, essentially, unlimited budget to attain their goals (or at least the resources are so lopsided as to be impossible to compare).
It may be hard to tell if a book will good after only reading a few pages, but it's often easy to spot bad ones right away.
How about the processing overhead of converting the complete graph to a matrix in the first place? Wouldn't this offset(some)gains of the new algo?
STOP right now! I can't stress this enough. I had to stay away from computers for 2 years because a a sudden pain that appeared on one night of development and which i tried to ignore.

Read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Pascarellis-Complete-Repetitive-Strain...
Go-OO is maintained as a series of patches which can be applied independently by distributions to add or remove features; this is intended to replace the OOo project entirely.

Or, to try and use a historical analogy, this is the tipping point from 'a patchy server' to Apache.
This is so lame. It means the end of encryption for honest people. This is dumb for 2 reasons.

#1 the backdoor secret will FAIL, as it has for every DVD, BLU-RAY, XBOX, PS3, etc... DRM device. So criminals will be able to read all encrypted (obfuscated) data.

#2 people who want to hide illegal data will.... use real encryption.

This is like banning guns. Which oddly has the opposite effect in reducing crime. I wish Lawyers and Politicizations had to pass engineering school first. I swear, passing the LSTAT doesn't seem to prove anything about ones actual logic skills.
A 909 drum machine in HTML5
so "digg for physicists" is simplistic, in reality "Phygg is designed to help sort through physics papers and discussion topics related to arXiv.org"
Hopefully they won't lobby politicians to crush Bloom out of existence.

Many power companies are owned by city/county governments aren't they? So that's a political danger.
Once again, there is no such thing as an infinitely big integer. You seem to be having difficulty with the fact that:

1. There are an infinite number of integers, but

2. Every integer is finite

Start counting 1,2,3,4... Do you ever get to the end? No, this proves that there are infinitely many integers. But do you ever get to an infinite number? No, you'll stay in the set of finite integers forever.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo and Research in Motion -- never shy about issuing press releases -- all declined to talk about what would be a major shift in privacy law.

How sad. I'd expect at least Google to have something to say.
I think regardless of the laws that the government passes, people will still be able to use secure crypto. Look at the war on drugs -- anyone that wants drugs can easily get them, they just cost more than they would otherwise, and the taxpayers have to pay billions of dollars a year to provide free room and board for anyone that keeps too many drugs in one place.

If you are committing treason, or something, the price of going to prison for using PGP is much less than the death sentence you'd get if you sent the messages in the clear.

I also don't see laws against crypto (and steganography) really being effective. A law is one thing, convicting people for violating them is another.

Think about what a tough time the government has in bringing cases against criminals. It's 50/50 as to whether or not they can convince a jury to convict when they have a security videotape of the accused gunning someone down. "And here we see the defendant discharging his handgun into Ms. Smith."

Do you really think they're going to be able to get convictions for people alleged to be hiding encrypted data in normal streams? "It's clear from the noise pattern in this image that there is a hidden bitstream in the low-order bits. This means that anyone exchanging this image is probably forwarding on encrypted terrorist communications. We can't actually prove this beyond a reasonable doubt... it is possible that they used a buggy version of Photoshop when they were resizing it for their lolcat blog. But probably terrorism!!"

I am not losing much sleep over this.
Facebook’s Instant Personalization: An Analysis of Fundamental Privacy Flaws
google the term ergonomics and computer... you'll find links like this..

http://ergonomics.about.com/od/office/ss/computer_setup.htm
Yeah, that seems likely. I wonder if some confusion with income distribution is also a factor. People might assume that income distribution and wealth distribution are similar, so might be influenced by figures that they've heard for income--- the top quintile earning 55% is almost correct for income.
If anyone releases a full-sized e-ink monitor, I'll splurge for it. Just a little bit faster and just a few more colors are all I'd need.
With the hope that folks at Xmarks are reading this - I, too would pay for this service. I'm not sure I would pay $5 per month, but I don't think that, say $20 per year is unreasonable. (I prefer to pay by year - that's usually where the best discounts are).
That is a great site, thanks for sharing.

There is another website with a Kato-centric viewpoint that talks about recent copyright issues. This article is specific to whether you 'rent' or 'own' software. He specifically talks about how renting software is actually better, and is a very interesting viewpoint.

http://techliberation.com/2010/09/20/the-end-of-software-own...

Thanks for the compliment on the letter too.
Unfortunately most people don't care or don't care to know.

On a side note, why not to have our own separate internet?
I've been thinking about OpenVPN tunnels between dedicated servers and letting users connect to them over vpn links, of course. This would form a closed network with services inside.
It's a sad commentary, but having privacy friendly network sounds like a breath of fresh air just 20 years after the Internet took off.
Probably because it would be very easy to copy the entire book. Right click on the book, then "Open frame in new tab", and the entire book can be freely copied and redistributed.
The silence could be because they're thinking about how to respond. Immediate outrage may not be the best strategy.
Well, Zed seems to have created a bit of a stir, hasn't he?

Compared to the previous total lack of a discussion over the last several years, it seems Zed's approach has been quite efficient.
The beauty of Xmarks is that I can sync across browsers. I use Chrome, Firefox (on Windows, Mac, Linux), and IE and the ability to have all my bookmarks synched wherever I am is an absolute godsend.
This may not be a very good idea. By supporting your wrist you will be imobilizing your arm and straining the weaker wrist muscles. Try to avoid the mouse. When you do have to use it, try to maintain your wrist in the neutral position and move your forearm instead, as you'll be using the stronger muscles of your arm and shoulder: http://content.revolutionhealth.com/contentimages/h9991464_0...
No, not all of them. Some are already profitable when they apply, and a few more make it to profitability just on what we give them. But the distinction is not a sharp one: most of the profitable companies would take money on sufficiently good terms.

Though I don't mention this explicitly in the article, Demo Day isn't just for raising money. It's a good way to get mindshare too, because the people in the audience are so influential. So even the startups for whom raising money is not a top priority usually try hard to be impressive on DDay.
Slablet: jQuery/CSS UI Framework for iPad
2 or 3 founders is best.
> And the vast majority of my aliases are only 2-3 characters. What's the point in an alias if it still takes you several seconds to type it out?

Use tab/bash completion and history man! only the first couple characters need to be mostly unique.
The latest kindle has a web browser.
As I read the sentence, it would be $0.11 plus whatever's in there from California's incentives. It looks to me like the 30% only refers to the federal subsidy.
Ask HN: are there api's for bank's such as Wachovia and Bank of America?
Ask HN: are there api's for bank's such as Wachovia and Bank of America? I'm trying to find an API for my bank because I'd like to automate a complicated transfer task I have. Any suggestions?
Ask HN: Feedback for my Pomodoro App
Hi,

I recently created a Pomodoro Timer app while playing around with jQuery (I'm a newb as far as front end libraries are concerned). I was wondering if people could give it a whirl and post feedback if any.

It's at http://www.tomato-timer.com

I might add in some more features like chained timers, time stamps + counter for elapsed periods, etc. this weekend.

Thanks.
clickable link: http://www.tomato-timer.com
It depends on the market, some equity markets have relatively strict market manipulation regulations that prohibit this kind of activity (in the same way you can't spread a rumour for the purpose of manipulating a share price).

One of the reasons banks have compliance departments is so that can check the legality of particular types of behaviour before they employ new trading strategies as there can be a very thin line between what's legal and what's not.
BrewQA - a Q and A system for home brewers
Water Essay : Spread Knowledge about Water and its Properties 
Many types of essays will be assigned to students. One of these is the writing of the water essay. This type of essay is an excellent source of information and knowledge. It will make students more aware of the problems we face in the future if we do not conserve water.
That's a really nice explanation, and although I wasn't sure about the effect when I saw the orange square on the black background, the text hierarchy example is fantastic. Duly noted and voted!
I can't pick favorites, but it's pretty easy to see what the most prominent YC-funded startups are.

One good example of a bad idea that I can quote without hurting anyone's feelings is Artix: http://paulgraham.com/bronze.html
That's extraordinary and not at all what I would have expected from IBM. I wish there were more places where people ditched corporate doublespeak. Especially that vile phrase "human resources". Soylent Green is human resources.
LinkedIn Beefs Up Company Profiles With News Feeds, Career Data, And More
Me too. After recovery my symptoms would re-appear whenever i used the mouse for more than a few minutes. I began using a trackball on my left arm. It's closer to the home row and now I have very good left-hand dexterity :-)
Which important respects?
Interesting attempt, but I'm not convinced by the part of the argument where you divide the complete output of the flashy light box into aleph-null sequences, each of length aleph-null.

Mostly, I'm unconvinced that an "event" which takes an infinitely long time to complete actually counts as an event. Usually when we talk about events they're localised in space and time.
Amazon Debuts “Kindle for the Web”, Which Is Pretty Much What It Sounds Like
This is partially true, but this (and other replies) are all somewhat wrong/light on actual information.

You're correct in saying that Tor assures anonymity and not privacy: if you don't want other people to know what you're sending over Tor, it needs to be encrypted separately, because the communication between the Tor exit node you're using and the computer you're communicating with is unencrypted.

However, Tor still relies on encryption in order to provide anonymity, and messages are still encrypted when you first send them out (whether or not you're running a Tor router yourself).

Tor does onion encryption: when you send out a message, that message is wrapped in three layers of encryption. The first router you send it through can take off the outer layer to see who it send it to next, the second router you send it through can take off the second layer, and the third (exit) router you send it through can take off the final layer of encryption and see the actual message you sent (and where you want it sent). This encryption is very important, because it assures that each router can only see its immediate neighbors in the chain. If the encryption is broken, then whoever breaks it can see the entire circuit the message is traveling along (which will include the source and destination) and so anonymity is compromised.
Hehe - if you saw an orange square on a black background, something is either wrong with your monitor or your vision :) Did you mean something else?
$100k is an ok number for a one-person outfit, but it would be hard to support even one employee on that number.

In face, their current model of altering the Google SERPs almost certainly generates more revenue.
Most banks dont really have apis. The way to get information is then to screen scrape but this would require your clients to give you information. Services like Yodlee.com simplify the process but are quite expensive to use unless you are funded.
I rarely get outraged by political news anymore because I'm so jaded, but THIS story makes my blood boil!!!! GGGRRR

If we outlaw encryption then only criminals will be able to talk covertly, while good citizens will be abused. EPIC FAIL!
As long as the public are provided the keys and access to encrypted FBI documents I think it's a great idea. It will vastly improve citizens ability to help the FBI ensure compliance with state, federal, and constitutional mandates. Also, stopping advocacy for such backdoors into citizens encryption will help the FBI uphold the people's rights as outlined in the 4th amendment, unfortunately no such protection exists for the Government in the constitution.
Yes, Philly does Web startups
Tab complete does not make using long arguments any easier. Here is the example the post reminded me to alias (well, script since I need to pass it arguments):

find app/views/ -name *haml -exec grep 'my_js_file.js' /dev/null '{}' \;

Lots of that can be done away with.
Great post. Jon Druse created a Ruby gem recently that does something very similar -- but more project-oriented rather than global ~/.screenrc:

http://github.com/jondruse/screeninator
It was founded by Mitch Kapor. I think he knows a thing or two about starting companies...
I guess by 2012 the markets will have sorted out any double dip potential too.

I'm always amazed how many major brands don't advertise through facebook. At some point they will. I guess that's when they'll make their money.
Yeah, that works for some of them, but many of the aliases I use are only for the command itself, but I still have to supply args/parameters. For example, instead of "git push origin master" I use "gpo master" or even just "gpom".
Puts that new liver in context.
Ya.. it seems like a rather marginal savings really (without the credit).
How would this affect SSH? SSH is a great tool for encrypted communication - using tunnelling, obviously - but I can also SSH in to a server and edit a text file there, then tell my friend to SSH in and read it.
But the books you buy from Amazon are already HTML files with a trivial layer of encryption that takes about 5 seconds to remove.

And every book they sell is already available on TPB.

So I am not sure what this would prevent, except paying customers getting something worth paying for.
There are two I can think of: you have to move, and you have to give us some stock. But I'm pretty confident that in both cases what you get in return more than compensates.
The make vs. consume ratio
Mine is lacking further still. Can you expand upon the specific errors made in his reasoning, if you would?
In my experience, ergonomically-sound typing technique is somewhat independent of the keyboard layout, specially if you're not a touch-typist.

It all boils down to watching your wrists. Don't rest your fingers on the home row when you're reaching for distant keys. If your kb layout makes you abuse the weaker fingers that may become a problem though.
HTML5 video player comparison
That's a tautology. And the set of law-breakers is neither a subset nor a superset of the set of immoral/unethical/bad/evil people.
At a risk of harming myself, you guys might be giving too much stuff away for free. I've been using Freshbooks for about a year for my small business, and got most of my business partners to send me invoices through Freshbooks.

We are all still using a free account, and never had a need to switch over. The free account just offers everything I need. I don't even know what would I get with premium account - I never felt a need to check it out.
Thanks a lot for detailed reply. I would appreciate it if we could discuss the theme a bit more. May I ask you about your contacts? My contacts are in my profile.
I'm studying Japanese now, and I wish it got the same love. One high quality sans-serif libre font would be enough. I guess most non-Latin character sets suffer as well.
Even greater is the use of VPN. VPN tunnels your entire Internet connection to the gateway of the VPN gateway/server.
Services like Quicken / Mint are capable to getting bank information using a known protocol. Is there no way to kind of do the opposite (Ie, use a known protocol to send money / update bank information)?
> Also, if I offered you a javascript library that could lay out columns properly, on existing browsers, with two-column width floats, would you use it?

This is relevant to my interests. I've been working on exactly that: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/meet-treesaver-a-new-...
Wow, articles that are both readable and about design.

The typography examples didn't work for me, they're all black on white.

I use this quite frequently: http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Nice post. Bookmarked and saved in my folder for great web design resources.

Although I'm not sure why anymore. No matter how much I try, my designs always come out horrible. Every time I ask someone for their opinion on a concept, they're first answer is, "Hire a professional designer."

Funny, I can visualize 9 layers deep into embedded code or enterprise data, but I have trouble with orange, purple, and all fonts.

FWIW, here is a list of the other links in that folder. Maybe they'll help someone else more than they've helped me.

http://colorschemedesigner.com/#

http://websitetips.com/colortools/sitepro/

http://www.colorsontheweb.com/colorwizard.asp

http://960.gs/

http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/15-stunning-examples-...
Dependency management for grown ups
Snaptalent, Heyzap, Raportive, Songkick + a couple of others were from london. I think guys from most of those companies are on HN.
That's a good point that I hadn't realized. If this were to pass, they can get you on using encryption without actually charging you with any other crime. That's scary.
Confirmed : AOL acquires Techcrunch
This is absolutely driving me nuts.. they have 2 million users, steady growth, and not only can they not figure out how to make any money- they have never, in the history of the company, tried _anything_ that would bring money in the door.

In five minutes I can think of a dozen awful ways that would bring some cash flowing in. They aren't even going to try? Anything?

Even if they just said, "OK, xmarks is now $50 / month", and half of their userbase tells them to fuck off, that's still... 50 million a month in income. Even if 90% of their userbase tells them to fuck off, that's uh.. 10 million in the door?

Show ads? A donation widget? How can you be so brainwashed by the VC model that you don't even try to do anything?!
Tim Armstrong: We Got TechCrunch
Confirmed: http://twitter.com/Sequoia_Capital/status/25800338477
>I know from direct experience as my doctor told me "go to bed before midnight and throw away your alarm clock" and I've thanked him for it ever since.

I wish I could be a morning person. I've been trying for years. I started running first thing in the morning, and I loved it. I would give up sex for it.

What ends up happening is, I start sleeping 4-6h each night and become sleep deprived. After 3-5 months I'm burned off.

Now, my neurologyst, who does sleep research, says it will be probably impossible to make me a morning person. She put me on melatonin and english breakfasts, and on a 10-to-2-AM cycle, and I found out about a new state of being, well rested and fresh.

So, that may not be possibility for everyone...
I think you're being unfair - some of them are "Visio resources". Tho' they call themselves "architects".
I think when it was on video, it got erased. When it was on film, they kept it because they couldn't erase it...
Is this actually about something? The "journal link" goes to creationist site Answers in Genesis and its "journal", however I cannot find anything relevant there...
Also .. The chrome extension's text overflows and could be confusing. You might want to look at that.

http://cl.ly/c3f4661fe6f0ff3f3857
What's up with encryption?
Press release: http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/28/tim-armstrong-we-got-techcr...
As someone who has actually used OCFS2 on a real production system, I will never voluntarily touch another Oracle-written filesystem.
The question was "what is their plan" not "is Oracle a competent company".
Its not, wordpress.com has a habit of doing this with techcrunch posts.. I guess something to do with caching... happens everytime they tweet something for me.

Edit : parent comment deleted makes me sound like an arse, parent comment said "its on your end"
I cannot comprehend how they aren't even going to TRY to charge for ANYTHING.

How the fuck do they think this whole cash flow thing works?

2 million users, and they don't even put out a god damn paypal donation widget? Show ads? Freemium anything? Charge something outrageous, lose 90% of your 2 million users, and you'll still have a significant monthly income.

This is just the stupidest news I've heard in a while. Zero respect for these guys, they clearly don't have even a shred of business sense.
Anyone know for how much $$$ ?
It's Official: AOL Acquires TechCrunch
I believe you mean Max-Cut can be 2 approximated with the trivial random algorithm. Min cut can be solved exactly, and that algorithm would give an expected n^2 approx factor (for min cut).
This in itself is remarkable. Even if costs are at parity, this is still amazing given that the technology is continuing to improve / scale. I'd be curious / suspicious as to the discount rate they are using to calculate the present value of long term costs - this is where they can manipulate the numbers in their favor.
I am not an artist, but my GF is. She never uses black and rarely uses white. Instead she uses two or three pairs of complimentary colors in a painting from a (virtual) color wheel with much more gradation than the one shown in the article. She uses the cool compliment for shadows, for example. The result, using a palate of only four or five colors, is a painting of surprising richness.
Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt
I love colorschemedesigner.com. I hope to write about color schemes soon, and include info about them in my SXSW presentation (if it gets accepted).
Flash Player "Square" p2: Security enhancements, debugger feature
It's a work in progress. As far as I know they are planning to extend it to support more scripts.

I am also very much looking forward to a monospace version.
Thanx - sounds very intriguing. Haskell definitely would be in my list now:)
Sponge is not a TechStars startup, you clearly didn't know.