skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Over/under on the time until someone decides to sue Adobe to force them to sell the energy to PG&E and buy it back at an increased rate the same way homeowners are forced to with their PV panels?
The TDs didn't last long.
Clickable:
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_red_paperclip
Creator of ZFS to leave Oracle
In my layman opinion it looks bit too stylized for body text. But probably works much better in UI elements.
We make industrial automation software using Java. This includes a lot of front-end GUI code as well as back-end high performance server (and other pieces) code.

http://www.inductiveautomation.com/
If you look at the photos the craft looks like a solid piece of steal. The amazing effort, energy and engineering effort it took to get that into space. It's simply astonishing. Same applause to the Space Shuttle of course.
Not true. Transmission losses are just 6.5% total.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/electricity_faqs.asp#electric_r...
Ask HN: How can you transfer shares bought in a private placement?
In Canada, is it possible to buy shares of a Pre-IPO company and re-sell or transfer those shares to somebody else? Does anyone know?

Are there any clauses that companies generally add to prevent resale prior to IPO?
I agree with the sentiment here, but it should just be not illegal. It's sort of like how in China and Iran or Turkey (my home country) certain web sites are banned but people find ways to get around that anyway. Is that how it should be? The banning should not be there in the first place.
Why?

What, in particular, is well designed about Photoshop? What alternatives have you looked at?

My memory of it is that the features were haphazardly organized, all of operations required messing with horrible little mousy controls and it was obscure how to do anything beside spray paint on the image.
Now, I don't specifically target the international market, but a large portion of my customers (less than 50%, but, I think, more than 20%) are from outside of the country. To the best of my knowledge (and I do pay someone for tax advice) being as I'm providing a service and not leaving the country I don't need to do anything special because these customers are outside the country.

I've still gotta pay US taxes on my profits, of course, just like if my customers were all within the US, but to my knowledge the US government is happy if I pay my US taxes, and none of the other governments have any authority over me, so I as long as I'm square with the IRS here in the US, I don't need to worry about the laws of every country where a customer might come from.

This may be different if you have employees in other countries (all my employees and current contractors are US citizens working here in the US. I have had foreign contractors in the past, and I'm much less sure of what the law is in that case.)

This may also be different if you have infrastructure outside the country. All my stuff is currently in the US.
Thomas would you mind expounding a bit or posting a link about the 'content-aware neutralization' approach to solving XSS? I know that Rails 3 HTML-encodes all output by default, but how would this approach fix XSS vulnerabilities using pure Javascript payloads rather than the typical approach of embedding JS in a <script> or another HTML tag?
In an interesting choice of words, the Thing Labs blog (blog.thinglabs.com) refers to this as a "merger".

"We are pleased to announce that as of today, Thing Labs is merging with AOL. This deal has been in the works for a little while, and we’ve been dying to tell you all, but today it’s official!"
Facebook profile pages are pretty fun to destroy.
Summary: he made a 960-like stylesheet framework that increases the overall width, the size of the gutters between columns and cleans up the markup.

I've been using 960 for a few years and the markup detox is really nice. Adding clearing divs always felt like a dirty tradeoff for design consistency.

I'm torn about the extra gutter space though and I think I'd rather stick with 960's narrow 20px because it's more flexibile. You can group stuff together or break them into sections. For example, you can pack in related items real tight, like a row of thumnails in a gallery, or use the technique he described to pad out the 20px and create discrete elements like sidebars, containing boxes, etc.
'Wealth redistributionists' aren't motivated by envy, as you imply. Rather they are motivated by the practical aspects of maintaining a healthy society. It's in the best interest of all if wealth ends up in the hands of those best able to employ it to everyone's benefit, ie the most productive members of society. The prevailing assumption is that the unrestricted free market is the best way to do this. It's now clear that this assumption is wrong, and that wealth tends to attract wealth entirely apart from the economic fitness of the person wielding it.

There is no such thing as an 'absolute' level of wealth, once basic survival needs are met. Study after study shows that people's perspective on wealth is entirely relative, which is why there were several recent articles here on HN regarding rich people who don't feel rich.

What exactly is a healthy and efficient distribution of wealth is open to debate, but a split where 1% of the population hold 35% of the wealth certainly doesn't seem either healthy or efficient.
Depends on the country doesn't it? In some European countries younger women employees are dangerous because they might go off and get pregnant (companies are legally required to keep their job available).
An Easy Way to Increase Creativity
There were always a lot of women in education. Just think, not too long ago the most viable career opportunities for women were homemaker, typist and teacher. Apparently, though, women have taken up an even higher % of teaching positions relative to men in recent years.

I dunno if that statistic you're citing is that horribly flawed. Remember, the top end of the income scale is still operating on prior generation norms, or at the least has only very recently changed. It certainly wasn't operating that way in the 1980s. Given the income inequality, the averages probably still work out in favor of men.
I don't accept this notion that everything Wikileaks has leaked would have been leaked anyways without Wikileaks.
Yeah, but the Thinkpads are even stronger. You can dump a glass of water on the keyboard and it keeps working, because all the liquid is routed through special drainage holes. You can drive a car over the screen because they put reinforcements (magnesium, I believe) in just the right places. 100% Al is limiting -- you can't use a stronger-but-heavier material anywhere.

They're also hard to take apart. Changing a dead hard drive is a 1 minute operation with a Thinkpad. With a Macbook... well, you can't even change the battery anymore...
For sites that have a lot of content, you can just do a fluid layout that looks good at any resolution. Keep in mind, it won't look good at higher resolutions if there is too much open space. I have a few sites that look great on everything from a phone to a television screen.

If you properly float elements, they will take up horizontal space when they can and go to the next line when they can't.
This is one of those creations which seems so obvious after it has been made. Good Job!
Would healthy people ever willingly replace their eyes with bionic eyes?
If the technology for artificial eyes advances so much that their performance far surpasses the performance of natural eyes to give a competitive advantage in life, would be there a day when people desire to or willingly replace their healthy eyes with those bionic eyes?

Or for that matter, limbs, hearts, lungs or whatever?

Would it result in a day when people just have their brains and everything is bionic?

How would people react to such technology becoming very accessible?
I find it annoying that Southwest won't let anyone at their flight schedule data...

Hipmunk is awesome, but... I still have to go over to Southwest.com to find the good deal for me.
"Are Young Women Earning More Than Their Boyfriends?
Yes, but only because they're better educated."

http://www.slate.com/id/2266148/
Protip for the paranoid: the author could nab your session cookie at the same time, too! :)
The police and judicial system don't exist in vacuum. And where does the power of the judicial system and police come from in modern time? From the people. And what is the cost for them to grant power to such a system? A functional society that they feel supporting.

Our tax is not just funding for the judicial system so that the rich can get their properties protected. Our tax is funding a functional society that's the basis for all these.
It's too bad that Bose sound systems are terrible for almost every type of music that I like... It's almost like they forgot that there is an entire range of frequencies between the 'highs' and the 'lows.' ( Try the U2 album Zooropa on a Bose system - is Bono even on the record anymore? )

I thought I was the only one that had noticed this until I saw some genius in San Francisco with a bumper sticker that lambasted Bose for this.

Here's to you, Mr. Anti-Bose bumper-sticker-man. Slick marketing and exorbitant pricing haven't hoodwinked everyone.
Yeah, I hear you---They're muddy sounding in general. But the tech is pretty awesome--imagine flat panels with real surround sound. OTOH, the LCD? Who knows. And the case design is awful, considering the price point.
These are just stories not the actual studies. They sort of show that women want equals.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32379727/ns/health-sexual_health...

I can't find the stories of a regular brother down on his luck at the moment. I'll try later.
Finally, Farmville can get what it has coming to it.
How to customize Django's default messages, even the hard-coded ones
Django has some hard coded messages, for example in the generic views and forms of the auth app. Here, a very simple method is shown how those messages can be customized without having to hack the code or having to replace existing default forms.
The Lost Opportunity: Our Education System
granted - tech is awesome and it's a TV, not a HiFi, so I shouldn't be bitching =)
Making users happy should be core to any business.

Maybe it should be but plenty businesses make plenty of money without doing that. Look at cable companies or large health insurance companies.

Yes, in markets where you have many competitors, making customers happy is important. When you have fewer competitors or when you are selling a commodity, cutting costs and increasing your output is the key. When you have a pure monopoly, continued payments to the senator of your choice are in order.
AOL, Confirms Our Scoop On Them Buying Thing Labs
True. But who have more to lose? The guy with nothing to start with or the guy with a billion dollar?
How to be happy (but not too much)
there are big plays in the ~200-company portfolio
You're making the assumption that the leaks don't make the US troops more likely to be killed. There certainly have been plenty of troops killed since July, and the leaks contained information other than just the names of informants that can put our troops at risk.

I would love to see fewer people getting killed in these wars on all sides. I don't see how the leak helps that goal. Public opinion is decidedly against the war already, this doesn't change that situation. But the leaks put the troops in more danger, the informants/translators in more danger, and the result of that is more violence that leads to civilian deaths as a side effect. The more combat there is, the more civilians get killed.
I'm also doing a tracker, but I opted to do a complex synthesis model(samples, ring-modulation, LFSR noise, table-based parameter programming) - I think I started almost the same time as the guy I linked to, but I've exposed almost nothing to the UI yet so a lot of the fun stuff is still buried in test code.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/chipsy/Chipsy.html
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/254701/chipsy/Chipsy.hx

My goal is to get it to a stage where I can put together a demo track and, then try to fund a more polished version through Kickstarter. I haven't thought about license yet but I suppose something open-source would be appropriate(so that the sound engine can be integrated in games etc.).

edit: Also, it uses Canvas and the performance has varied widely in FF4 builds. Current Minefield seems like the best option.
Social Darwinism of this sort, which was closely linked with the eugenics movement of the early 20th century, is pretty much discredited these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Darwinism

In answer to your question I would say that I'm not aware of any evidence which strongly links IQ to wealth, and anecdotally I've known plenty of very intelligent people who were also poor, and a few wealthy individuals who I had an extremely low opinion of intellectually. I'm also sceptical about the whole nature of IQ, and think that it's probably not reasonable to assume that intelligence is one dimensional.
iPad is 1024x768 if that is important to you.
No highs, no lows, must be Bose ... not everyone is taken in by the hype.
Search engine optimization affects only organic search results, not paid or "sponsored" results such as Google AdWords.

That's not entirely true. On-page SEO can affect AdWords Quality Score, which in turn can affect position in "sponsored" results lists ("The quality of your landing page" - http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&...)
It's about time this topic get the attention it needs and deserves. And I am glad to see so many people take interest. I hope this article will turn some heads. Very timely with new Waiting for Superman movie. If you don't know what I am talking about, you need to read this post.
Professional, independent observers think otherwise. VCs will not do a series A investment in a company unless they believe it has the potential to be really big. So far over 20 YC-funded companies have done series A rounds, and more surely will.
Yes but it's important to remember; designers != painters.

The thing about the original article is that it's a fascinating peaking into the world of full, creative color theory. But it also seems like if what you get out of the page is "don't use black text", you've literally "learned just enough to be dangerous". It is important to keep in mind that if you're a geek who's going to wade in aesthetic theory, learning enough to
You might want to take a look at ValueProto from Sunstone Circuits. If BatchPCB is in your price range, but you want a guaranteed delivery date, then the ValueProto is the way to go.

You don't have to use a sketchy supplier to get reliable and affordable boards. Your peace of mind is worth the extra $5 on the order...
Best used on clients web sites =)
The Craziest Guinness Records Ever
Craziest and also very unusual Guinness records.
I wouldn't make that argument, because the conclusion is one that ends very poorly for Wikileaks.

I like the concept of Wikileaks, they were leaking valuable information, and seemingly handling it in a way that minimized the risk of harm to people on all sides.

If their actual mentality was aligned with your post, meaning their goal was to leak information and ignore the consequences, then I would fully support the US doing everything in their power to stop them.
> Ruby and Python just happened to grow so quickly that their growth didn't immediately trigger the appropriate response from distro maintainers, and very quickly the community worked around the problem.

This is true, but it's more than that. Ruby and Python are both committed to working on a wide variety of platforms, including platforms that don't have native package management systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, etc.). For Ruby programs and libraries, RubyGems are a more elegant solution than telling people 10 - 20 different ways on how to work with their project, depending on the OS.
Thanks for the links.

There is also a Vimeo group: http://vimeo.com/groups/videoglitch
I think their extreme attention to detail and strong control over every aspect of their product will allow them to remain successful especially within a certain niche. Competition from more free/open alternatives will likely prevent apple from getting to or retaining the number one spot for any length of time though. Apple does things a very specific way and they're damn good at the way they do them.
Our education system needs a facelift! And this is a great post. More people need to recognize what is said in this article. Very interesting read.
You should expect him to work 8 hours day and depending on the culture you wish for your company, I also suggest you be laid-back with office hours. The most important is that things get done regardless of when. Losing good employees is very costly, you want to maximize your chances they are happy. Having strict rules and implying that employees are more or less "required" to work more than 40 hours (because everybody else do) will eventually burn them out and they will leave. Great developers have a lot of opportunities!
"To be a best-writing author, you don’t need to win a Pulitzer. You need to have experiences that make good stories, and you need to be yourself on paper."

This definition bothers me. He's creating a false dichotomy between literary technical excellence (as loosely symbolised by a "Pulizter") and a marketable--and sellable--story presented in what he believes to be an authentic voice (his definition of "authentic voice" also bothers me, if only because he conflates it with a voice couched in bonhomie).

The idea of "Tucker Max" also erodes the value of his point especially because some of Tucker's stories are not at all genuine, factual or even remotely real.

"To be a best-selling author, you need to take being a “best-writing” author (as I’ve defined it) seriously."

It's difficult to consider the latter point when the former already sounds dubious. Having worthwile experiences is useful but much of the best creative work arises from the imagination, far outside the reaches of experience. Our experiences are but the the base from which we create. In that sense, all experiences are equally valuable. What he appears to mean, is that we need to have sensational experiences. That, to me, sounds completely wrong, or at least wrong-headed.

But if he is equating best-sellerdom to sensationalism, then that would have to a mostly correct description of the state of the world right now.
Compare the ratio of Mac Books to Thinkpads in a marketing class with the same ratio in a sociology class.

(Note: I deliberately didn't choose, say, an Art class vs. an Engineering class, because what I'm getting at is the conspicuous consumption angle, not the ease of use/technical ability angle).
Hmm,

The comment might be a bit snarky but statement "you should never use black" is pretty blanket as well, even if the article does have lots of interesting information.
You don't need a special reading device. If you download Kindle for Mac OS, you can read the book on that application. But if you want to read eBooks, you should get 'some special reading device' for the same reason that you should get a stand-alone TV or a toaster. Yes, you can fudge it with a more general use device, but the increase in usability and ergonomics more than makes up for the initial cash outlay.
Is this similar to Gnu Stow? Or does it do something significantly different?
Sounds like Chuck-E-Cheese by Atari guy Nolan Bushnell.
Many more articles about TinEye in case you're interested:

http://searchyc.com/submissions/tineye?sort=by_date
If Adobe Application Installer was optimized, it would reduce the power consumption worldwide. Seriously, Master Suite takes longer to install than OSX Leopard. And just imagine the power savings of a lightweight Acrobat reader :-P
Excerpt from the wiki:

"Please do not try to download just the .deb or .tar.gz on its own; the test fonts change weekly (normally on a Monday) and having old copies of broken/superceded versions is producing incorrect bug reports. Even worse documents are ending up with the out-of-date fonts embedded in them."
There's a Joel Spolsky podcast about Qt (pronounced cute) where he talks about the cute guy giving the talk - to the confused embarrassment of the other speakers.
Starting from The Heart: Bill Warner’s Founding Advice
It would be awesome to add some js to a website you own to spawn a computer controlled defender if someone uses this script on your site.
Tello Gives Businesses Consumer Feedback On The Fly
Ahhh, I knew your name was familiar.
It's because they basically are just using a loudness EQ, and the rest can be chalked up to clever (and rigid) marketing. For example: try to walk into Best Buy and have them let you A/B test Bose speakers.
"Everyone dies alone."
(This and other related bits in
http://www.psy.fsu.edu/~baumeistertice/goodaboutmen.htm , with discussions http://searchyc.com/submissions/is+there+anything+good)
Pew Forum survey: Atheists and agnostics outperform the rest in religion test
I'm not well versed on the features options generally have, you will have to consult your attorney or your contract.

As far as transferring these shares, you can check out http://www.secondmarket.com/ which is a ... you guess it, secondary market for these types of trades.
Rakudo Star's third release is today.

(I'm not going to argue any silly pseudo-intellectual ontological rebuttal of "oh but it's not really a release!" because other people have no trouble building productive things with Rakudo, like they've done for the other two releases of Rakudo Star and the other thirty three releases of Rakudo.)
Um... I don't really think that's the "trash" ... there aren't any garbage trucks large enough to cart that away.
I would like to see high school having an optional two-year extension. During those two years teach students skills they are likely to use and start earning a living. Then let them now go and start making money.

A few years down the line, when they have figured what they really want to do, they can go an enroll and pursue advanced studies.

As of now I can spend lots of time learning and understanding history. When I was 19, I was just not interested in history, geography, medicine etc...
Short of that all out revolution, the "guy with nothing to start". He can lose his life, the lives of his family, etc. The "guy with a billion dollar" can afford to buy protection that keeps he and his family alive, unkidnapped, etc.
And this is what I think is most dangerous. The couple of times that the subject of Wikileaks has come up, here and elsewhere in person, what I hear is people saying that the endangerment of personnel (and/or operations) is enough to condemn the existence of Wikileaks.

I acknowledge that Wikileaks has released information which endangers people, and I acknowledge that they're likely to do it again in the future. However, I think their existence as an international freelance watchdog group is far more valuable, especially given the tendency of various world governments to run operations that their citizens don't know about and might be far less likely to agree with if they did know about.

Wikileaks has an obligation to reduce the risk to individuals when leaking sensitive information; however, even if they did nothing to protect the people implicated in leaks, I would still rather have Wikileaks than not.
This seems like a good fit, certainly an equivalent quality of editorial content.
Interesting. It worked great on google reader. On Gmail I can sometimes get to the point where I can thrust & fire, but as soon as I destroy anything the gmail client seems to reset itself.
i'll trade you a red paperclip for a rubberband.
Why not? Who are we to even know the significance of what was leaked?

It could very well be a disinformation operation where names of a bunch of people that were on the hit list of the US army got leaked in a way that was too juicy for WL to pass up.

Two birds with one stone.
I think that's as close to "fuck off Arrington" as pg's gonna get.