skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Good luck. This data is worth more than the actual revenue and income for most of these companies. It's how they negotiate for carriage in different avenues and grow at all. I've often seen it as the cause of make or break deals between various parties when negotiating said distribution. On the same point, most of this data has to be provided back to the content originator per contract anyway for billing purposes. Even if its free to users, someone's paying the royalty bills.

Who's your target market here? Google l4m3 and hit me up, I can answer most of your questions on this if you can give me some more data.
Remember, copyright-issues by definition do not apply to clean-room implementations. For there to be a breach of copyright, one has to show that the copyrightable material (i.e., the source code) actually derives from the corresponding copyrightable material that Oracle owns. If it truly is a clean-room implementation, then the engineers responsible must never have looked at the original source code, making the claim moot.

Patents are a whole different ball-game though.
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BTW -- Sogyal did not write the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. Sogyal is barely literate and cannot read Tibetan.He left Tibet at age 2 and received a basic education in India. He was never trained as a lama. The idea for the TBOLD came from Christine Longaker. Patrick Gaffney did the research. Andrew Harvey wrote the book. Compare the style and content to other books by Harvey.
Elaborate on what? I think it's lame that they don't release videos of the presentations.
> This doesn't really answer anything

Yes, it does; it tells us what is actually killing the bees. We didn't even really know that with any certainty before hand. You're correct that there are some important "why"'s, and "how"'s that aren't known, but one thing at a time.
if you are a manager or business owner (which it sounds like you are? "my programmers") a broad but shallow education may serve you better than one that is deep but narrow.

Even if you do decide to focus primarily on one language, I think there is a lot of value to learning several languages. (also, after your second or third, picking up another becomes really easy.)

Also +1 on "Code Complete"
I don't need to, that is why I added regulations. Is there a law that says the U.S. can detain an 'unlawful combatant' indefinitely? No. Did it happen? Yes. Doing business in a foreign country brings inherent risk. If you want to ignore risk because you don't see it written down on a piece of paper, then you won't make it far.
"Media Center is big and, when people say ‘hey, we could optimise more for clients’ I think what they generally mean is ‘Big Buttons’. Big Buttons that’s, I think, a codeword for Big Buttons and Media Center is Big Buttons not Little Buttons."

So wait... Will there be Big Buttons?

Aside from that, it feels like He's focusing on this one area of UX design. I hope this doesn't forecast an imbalance in the experience of the finished product.

It reminds me a little of Web 2.0:

"Web 2.0 is shiny and rounded, and when people say `shiny and rounded' they really mean `shiny and rounded buttons.'"
I've upvoted you, because I don't think being misinformed is worth -4. 0 or -1, maybe.

Do you have a source for the cell phone claim? I'm curious to know if there is a rational argument behind it, or just a speculative guess by a journalist.
I'm very happy using http://dyndns.com for a couple of my domains.
I think you missed the bit of my reply where I explained how this could all work on Linux too. And you seemed to have also missed the other bit where I explained why a microkernel is nicer (hint: concurrency, no need for multiple processes or user space context switches, etc).
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How can you judge the speed of "your"[1] programmers if you know nothing about programming?

Are you perhaps being misled by the frequent "I did X in a weekend" submissions? Those are mostly hyperbole.

[1] A little word of advice: Don't talk like a manager already. If your story is legit, the two grad students are quite likely to read it here.
I think the invasion fleet is leaving Google Talk island and heading for Skype...
Yet another NameCheap recommendation. Pretty awesome, and a usable -- if ugly -- UI.
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I disagree with starting with Java. Rather I second coffeemug's advice in the following comment, focus on C, Lisp, and Haskell:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1747713

My first manager taught me something college had failed to (or that I failed to learn there), which is that programming languages come and go in trends, but they are all based on recurring fundamental concepts, which endure beyond any single language.

Most new programming languages are a remix or mashup of some or all of these concepts, so if you master those concepts you'll be able to easily pick up any other language.

It's like learning Latin as your first foreign language, and being able to quickly pick up any Latin-based language after that. C, Lisp, and Haskell are the Latin of the CS world.

Since you're at MIT, take the famous Structure & Interpretation of Computer Programs (used to be 6.001, not sure if it still is). http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/classes/6.001/abelson-sussma.... That'll get you started with Lisp (specifically the Scheme dialect).

For C, start with K&R (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_C_Programming_Language_(boo...).

For Haskell, Real World Haskell is good, and the e-version is free. (http://book.realworldhaskell.org/)

Joel Spolsky has an article worth reading on why not Java:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchool...

And of course PG's essays on Lisp are a must read:

http://www.paulgraham.com/lisp.html

Since it sounds like you're running a business you may feel pressured to learn Java or whatever your coders are currently using to get your business off the ground. But I heartily recommend resisting that pressure, doing it right, and mastering the enduring fundamentals first. It may cost you something in immediacy and expedience, but that's what school is for, especially one such as MIT. You should carefully weigh how you spend your time there, and unless you think you've got the next Facebook, focus on mastering the enduring concepts, not the trends. You'll be glad you did the rest of your life and career.

PS - there's little to nothing that Clojure (a Lisp dialect on the JVM) and Haskell can't do in the web space, so the cost in immediacy and expedience is slim to none anyway.

PPS - it didn't register till just now that you're an Econ Major not going into CS or Software Engineering as a career. If you just want a tried-and-true, versatile, easy-to-get-started-with language with tons of libraries and frameworks (reusable code) to hack in, huge and helpful community go with Python. Java is too bureaucratic a language for this purpose.

Start with Zed Shaw's excellent introduction, Learn Python the Hard Way (hard way = by doing lots of follow-along examples until it gets into your brain muscle memory), then go from there.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/index
Considering how comments are managed, i'd say that fb is not the best place for conversations. But it's undeniable that it will be a good tool for announcements/etc... , allowing to reach a big share of the HN audience quite easily. Not a member yet, could reconsider it in the future.
Similarly, I had some domains which had expired for 2 days, and Namecheap let me renew them at no charge. I am pretty sure at GoDaddy the same thing would have cost at least $10 extra(wouldn't surprise if it is actually $90).

On the other hand, GoDaddy renewals are roughly $3 cheaper than Namecheap, because many GoDaddy coupons work for renewals, but I can never find good coupons for Namecheap renewals.
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Ask HN: How do you feel about others making variations of your app?
Just wondering how Hackers feel about?

I personally feel that competition is good, it give consumers more choices, not to mention a more competitive pricing.

ps: still wondering why do we need so many issue tracking apps. :(
I don't think so...the whole of the blogosphere is shown as roughly the size of AIM. I really doubt that more people blog than interact via AIM, particularly when you consider that it measures the volume of communications and people chat more frequently than they blog.

Fandom is misplaced - most fan interaction happens on archives and forums - but is probably roughly the correct size.
Honestly, I can't imagine what the solution is these days. Fight back? maybe. Maybe not. For my son I can say the most important thing is to assess your enemy effectively.

I've lost a few friends through school violence. One was shot in the head at a Christmas party, the other was ambushed, beaten into unconsciousness, and never woke up. When I was a young kid the worse you could expect was to beaten badly, by the time I finished high school clear, PVC backpacks and metal detectors at the entrances were the rule.

My high school wasn't in the best neighborhood and my first experience with a gun (9mm) was some kid showing it off and pointing it at random students.

The point is just know what's at stake before jumping into MAD mode. You may find out the other guy is really ready to go nuclear. In primary school, bullies are easy to figure out, they are little sociopaths that use violence. By high school their little brains have developed and some may be full on psycho.
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It is an example of bad online journalism.

Apparently the writer is quoting an official, but to find who he is quoting you have to click on the link "today". So you naturally think "today" is probably a link to the event, so it ends up being an article with an unnamed quote.
The whole story of HTML5 says W3C is not ready for the Web.
Yup, the start of the first sentence should read "An official from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) told reporters today" rather than "An today".

Bad markup being the culprit - somewhat ironically.
I think Marketing is the big missing piece here.

- Clearly presenting value prop

- Use CustDev framework to test and validate the idea

- Create and manage ad campaigns

- SEO and content marketing

- Conduct user tests

- Getting out of the building

Having a co-founder that focuses on customer development and distribution is super valuable in a startup.
Generally when you explain to people what you want to do but also agree to do what they've asked for they're relatively happy with the trade-off. My experience is that people aren't against things being done properly, it's only an issue when that gets in the way of what the feel really needs to happen.

If you come up against people who really just won't listen I tend to make a note of the fix, log it as a bug and include it in the next round of bug fixing, the next bit of quiet time or whatever. Alternatively include the refactoring into the estimate the next time I'd have to do significant work on that module.

Two other points while I'm rambling:

Always make sure that the refactoring is genuinely necessary and not just polishing. Some developers like "perfect" solutions but often this results in over engineering and significantly increased timescales. The key question I find useful is "am I coding for a specifically stated requirement or probable edge case or am I extrapolating to what I think might be useful / needed in the future?". I'm with Kent Beck on code only for what you specifically need today.

Secondly, only real issue with this approach I've outlined is if someone micromanages your time so heavily that you can't do any of that AND they won't listen to reason. In that instance you might want to consider your options but I've only ever once been in that position.
Maybe when there are real technical challenges? Developers capable of creating CRUD business applications are basically a commodity
It totally depends on the nature of the company. In many successful tech companies like (Google/FB/DropBox etc..), I believe tech guys owns majority.
I'm sorry but I get fed up of seeing posts like this. I could tell you hundreds of little details in mac hardware and software that make the hundreds of hours a month I have to spend on a computer more tolerable.

If your laptop is your profession then you care about the tools you use, you're right it's not down to speed, it's down to the thought that goes into every element of both the hardware design and user interface that means my computer thinks along the same lines as me.

The cost extra is minimal when you offset it across 2-3 years of earning but the difference it makes in small increments to your daily working life is more than worth it.
Re: the editing, is was most likely scanned from paper copies to be put online, and not checked. It would be interesting to see where the page breaks or other layout features were, based on those mistakes :) I think that the sentences that were repeated were in callouts, which the OCR software didn't account for.
Thats pretty awesome. Cute logo as well.

It would be great to add some more locations around the world.

If you add monitoring and alerts I would probably pay. Not that much as its already a corwded space, but I think a cheap alternative could get traction.

I wonder if its possible to have a business model of only charging when it alerts you to a site being down? E.g. we just alerted you to a site being down. Donate and we will do it again! Dont donate and I will delay my alerts by 1 hour next time!
...until then, officials say Flash and Silverlight are still going to remain approved and viable web technologies.

Who are these officials that approve of Flash and Silverlight as web technologies superior to HTML5? I've never heard of a Flash working group at the W3C. The closest I found is someone asking for W3C involvement in 2008:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/311802/w3c-involvement-in...
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for short to medium distances it is:

1. Much more comfortable (wider seats, more luggage space, etc)

2. A lot more convenient. No taking off shoes, check points and lines. Plus the chances are a train station would be a lot closer to the center of the city, rather than an airport.

3. Cheaper and less pollution.

E.g. If the CA High Speed Rail got build, it would take about 2.5 hrs. from downtown SF, to downtown LA. By plane it is about 50mins. BUT, you should add the time it takes for check in check out (at least 45mins), then the time to travel to the airport themselves (30 mins with Bart, if you live in SF), etc. If High Speed Rail would have been implemented throughout most of the major cities of US, It just wouldn't make sense to fly for short and medium distances.
Coast to Coast, yes, coast to Midwest yes, SF to LA or LV, probably not.
Sorry, I misread you. I understood "The conference is so lame that they don't release the videos".
Dict/wordnet says cadaver is "the dead body of a human being", so if an autopsy only deals with cadavers, then it's only people, I suppose.
That book has an excellent chapter on object oriented Javascript, which is sorely lacking in most js books.
Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a Windows VPS host?
I hear a lot about Slicehost and Linode for Linux VPS hosting, but I'm unfortunately bound to the Microsoft stack, at least for the time being.

Can anyone on here with experience of Windows VPS hosting recommend a provider?

Thanks!

P.S. I'm UK-based if that matters at all - I imagine it doesn't.
I don't find any of this controversial, it sounds like common sense -- except the thinking that "they" are animals and "they" are bad people.

Just watch toddlers; the ones who can walk hit the ones who don't walk yet; and then they are happy about it.

We're all animals; we're bad when we can get away with it. Not being bad requires a life of practice and self-restrain.
Yeah, they probably should have skipped the pledge step and gone straight to the pay me step. Capitalize the attention while you've got it, and use real money as your metric for staying open or not. If you don't get enough, refund the credit card charges and close.
As I understand it, a cadaver is a dead human body; rather than a dead organism of any kind.
OK, I won't be self-deprecating on HN in the future then... it's not poorly optimised. The point I was trying to make is that I learned far more about how Javascript works by learning the language first and thoroughly than I ever would have by learning how to use JQuery. My particular area of work means that cross-browser compatibility isn't a problem - hence writing my own library that might not be compatible with older browsers is not an issue, and it is also better for my own edification.
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Given that you know nothing about where I work or the nature of my work, that's a strange assumption to make. Not everyone is writing public-facing web apps designed for IE5 and up.
I believe the same but I have no data, could you point to some source?
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Why not link directly to the Google Mobile blog, eh?
It looks like it was written in near real-time. Going through the main site (http://thebln.com/blog/) there are notes for what looks like every talk.

If you read it in that context it doesn't seem so bad...
This is pretty cool. I'll check it out!
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According to this http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/10/the-gent... it's from 1977

Edit: Interestingly, changing the year in the url still return the same page. So:

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1977/10/the-gent...

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1954/10/the-gent...

Both point to the same article
"underwater portable breathing device."

We've had SCUBA for a while, actually. :)

But I assume you mean something that pulls oxygen directly from the water, like gills?
... especially since using getsatisfaction is supposed to improve a company's customer service.

Their decision to create lots of "unofficial" support sites (e.g. http://getsatisfaction.com/gm - note that the "unofficial" is easy to miss) was also... controversial. Especially since companies had to pay quite a bit to take over this "support" forum.
I would happily have paid $10/year, but as soon as they made the announcement I went looking for alternatives. I was surprised to find that if you're happy just syncing between Firefox installs, "Firefox Sync" does everything XMarks does, (Bookmarks, Passwords, Preferences, History and Tabs) but with a slicker interface. And it will also be built into Firefox 4 rather than having to install the addon...

I no longer see the point in paying XMarks for it...
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At the start, I think equal shares is really the way to go, as long as each founder is going to put in the same level of effort and dedication. Squabbling over percentages is bound to create tension before things have even got off the ground.
I've been using namecheap.com for about 7 years and not once have I had an issue with them.
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Fascinating to compare his perspective then with the reality now!
A rare interview with Zuckerberg from the summer of 2005, when he first moved out to Palo Alto. Shows Facebook's office HQ and Z's vision for the future of the company.

Fascinating to compare his perspective then with the reality now!
I too have more work coming in than I can take on. If I know someone who can do it, I'll recommend them on directly rather than letting them go through me. I don't gain financially but it generally breeds goodwill. I could take a referral commission (some acquaintances seem to do this), but again I fear I'd be somewhat on the hook if the other person screwed up. Plus, if customers refer me other customers, they don't take a cut either.
Wikipedia contains a fully documented and referenced table of IDE's with links to reviews and comparisons:

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

This page on text editors is also excellent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_text_editors#Prog...

Wikipedia is weird in that way, there is little information on some topics but an overload of non-encyclopedic information on niche topics. For more depth there are articles that are also language specific, for eg. PHP:

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

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

and Javascript-based editors:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Javascript-based_...
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Had the bully not survived, the bullied kid would've been declared a psychotic killer.
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Give them tiny percentages that are only worth a lot if the company is a big success. That means maybe 2.5% (with vesting) for an amazing person. If someone takes over most of your job (and does it better) maybe you'd give them 5%-10% but that's a very extreme case. Most people should be getting 0.15% - 1.5% depending on their contribution. You don't necessarily have to decide up front. You can start people low and award options for performance.

Plan to distribute at most 20% of the company to employees over the next 5-7 years.
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If we ignore the fact that you are wrong about macs having IPS screens, assume that a USB 3 is a reasonable substitute for a firewire 800 port and that 500g more is within the same weight target, then finding a cheaper laptop that compares favourably, spec wise, to the MacBook Pro is no problem at all. Took me about 30 seconds. You even get 1920x1080 resolution.

Now I'm no anti-mac zealot and will happily accept that the MBP almost certainly has better battery life, certain is much better looking and better designed and may even have better build quality. I'll even admit that if I where looking for a new high end 15-17" laptop I'd probably pay the necessary premium to get an MBP. But the bottom line is that on a simple spec sheet comparison Apple will almost always lose out on price.
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It's not so much about the definition, as it is about historical usage. Autopsy and necropsy are basically synonyms, but the first is used for humans, while the latter is used for all other animals. That's just the way it is; as often, there isn't really any rational explanation for it.
A common problem with this wide body design is that it makes turning the plane harder. Because people are further from center they will feel the dips of the wings more as the plane banks for a turn. The pilot would have to make wider & shallower turns to compensate so people don't get sick.
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