skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just dropping some speculation here, as many are wondering what Lion can possibly offer that's new (and I don't mean a fix, but new).

Touch. Deep integration with touch. As you see with the release of the Magic Trackpad, Apple is retiring the traditional mouse paradigm and moving on to versatile and complex gestures to aid in window management. Four finger swipe for expose and show desktop has been godsend for productivity, as has three fingers up and down for switching between h/m files in xcode. Let's not forget swipe to go back and forth in browsers, pinch to zoom, rotation, etc... None of which is possible with the standard mouse.

And peruse through Apple's touch gesture patent library and you will see that they haven't implemented a fraction of what they have patents to. You have neat stuff like three finger pinch (possible to close/hide a window, save), non-adjacent finger scroll (ex. thumb and ring finger, note that Magic Trackpad is big enough for this one, but existing options on MBP are not), and several others involving rotation and unconventional finger combos. Expect for these gestures to be baked deeply into the new iMovie, iPhoto, and iTunes. Seriously, can you imagine alternate paradigms for simply grabbing video from a bin once you account for different numbers of fingers involved in the drag?

A preview of Lion with these features will allow them to sell the next generation MBP with a new, much larger trackpad to accommodate the new focus on touch and touch gestures. If Apple scores a hit with this new focus on touch, it will be another competitive headache for thin, underpowered clients that serve up web content and can't handle advanced video and photo editing, not to mention lack large surface areas for touch gesturing.

What's in it for Apple:

If you think about this from a competitive standpoint, most of Apple's competitors want to lift computing into the cloud--Google with Chrome OS, HP with WebOS, and even MSFT with Ballmer's pronouncements of "cloud speed". Apple's strategy, and profits, are vested in adding weights to computing to take advantage of powerful, local, GPU and CPU intensive tasks, thus slowing, or even reversing the shift towards browsers and web applications, in keeping us grounded in powerful, local machines. If Apple finally figures out a way to get your mom editing video with powerful and intuitive new touch gestures, how is a web application going to respond to this from the confines of a browser? How is Microsoft going to coordinate with clone makers to agree on standard sizes and performance of computationally complex multi-touch trackpads? Touch and media editing all the way.
Corporate photography rates.
You are my hero.

Seriously.
Looks like Apple's emoji, which they added as a Unicode font in iOS to avoid implementing an extra layer of software just for emoji (relying on the telco to translate the codes sent via text/email from non-iOS devices) made the cut. Might soon be the death of the proprietary emoji text stuff in Japanese phones. It should be in Android soon, if it isn't already.
Yup. Right now, we're focusing on buyers who know exactly what they want.

Moving forward, we're going to move further up the funnel and get into the research step too.

There are already sites that do research fairly well, but no one handles the actual transaction (except for CarWoo!) so that's where we can add the most value and that's where we're focused.
I'm a little confused about what the best-case/ideal scenario is for this.

As an example, I am currently working on a project that has a basic profile page. So on the server side, I have my nice OO representation of a Profile object, complete with properly defined public and private variables, a slew of functions, and a save() function that validates saves the data to the database.

When I display that page to the client, I have a PHP view which takes the data from the model and then renders it. In the view, I do currently use jQote2 to do some basic client-side templating where appropriate (for example, displaying all of the friends of the profile's user).

Now, the Profile page features the ability to edit profile fields. There is jQuery involved here. Currently, I just have a function that is called when the "Save" button is clicked that gathers up all the various data from my input fields and whatnot, and sends that off as JSON to be saved on the PHP side of things.

Is this someplace where Backbone.js would make sense? Would I then have to have a representation of my model both in PHP and in Javascript? And my PHP view would contain several Javascript sub-views? And when I do save the model on the Javascript side of things, am I then just executing database queries on the PHP side, or am I re-loading the model, changing the attributes, and then using the PHP model's save() function?

I guess I'm just confused as to where this fits into the grand scheme of things. There's a part of me that certainly likes the idea of data binding and having smart re-rendering of parts of my pages based on when models change, but I'm just unclear on how this fits into my existing PHP MVC stuff.
Also besides my comment about OFX being inaccurate I wanted to say I think what you've done is really great. OFX is a beast no doubt. I'd add account discover next, that was one pain point with working with OFX is the account numbers the ofx used were different or expected to be formatted in some specific way. Luckily OFX has account discovery built in.
If I drive with a mask on does that protect me from photo enforced intersection tickets?
Moritz’s Provocative Claim: Silicon Valley Needs Just $400M a Year
Asp.net padding oracle: how it related to getting different access levels
A more apt comparison is the "new twitter" homepage. If you load it and keep an eye on your Ajax requests, you'll see something like this:

http://cl.ly/b043f31cd91dfdac8918

There, Recommendations, Friends, Followers, and Memberships are the models, and render off the contents of that JSON. Of course, Twitter should really be bootstrapping all of those bits of JSON into the initial page load, instead of firing off six requests immediately...
I grabbed that out of an older project, most of my newer ones only have a save.
So they're going to announce 10.7 about the time I finally get around to installing 10.6 (if all goes according to plan).
To each their own, but Fink is literally a port of dpkg/dselect/apt-get to OS X.
Gran Turismo 5 Delayed Again
NCEL’s Trading Volumes grow by 654%
Trading volumes at National Commodity Exchange Limited (NCEL) show a growth of 654% in the first quarter of FY2010-11.
During the first quarter (July-Sep) of financial year 2010-11 NCEL’S total traded volume increased to Rs.51.76bln.
Maybe it's supposed to be like buying snowboard boots online - go try on a few pairs, figure out exactly what you want, and then go and find the best price for it.
Good point. I would happily trade a free lifetime account for my bug tracking app ( http://trackjumper.com ) to any graphic/ui designer who will help me improve and/or clean up the main page of the app.
Ask HN - Anyone heard of this visual programming language Choreo
It's a conundrum. I have noticed the factory-line feel and don't like it. I do like getting my coffee quickly, however.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of consistency with process between Starbucks stores, so I don't think this will last. Stores will just ignore the directive.

Although a huge chain, Starbucks doesn't seem to enforce standards very well. For instance, some stores are very clean and efficient, while others have obnoxious teens behind the counter making rude noises while filth piles up in the customer areas without being cleaned for hours.
> sends money to family members in a Muslim country

If he supports his family financially, surely that makes him less likely to become a suicide bomber (or other terrorist)?
There are more than just a straight up formula. The concept, the mindset, the big picture, the strategy, etc.
comparatively to other exploratory endeavors of the human species, notably in particular - long distance naval explorations and developing of airplanes - the official history of space exploration has too few casualties and catastrophes. Such successful story looks especially suspiciously considering heavy political pressure and micro-management, at least in the Soviet Union space program. May be it is really not a rocket science to fly into space?

Btw, i really liked "Armageddon". In Russia it was politicized as an assault on the glorious Russian space history. I don't know or pretend to know much about it, yet the little i heard from the people involved in the program in '80-'90s perfectly matches "Armageddon" in spirit :)

Don't get me wrong though - the history of the space exploration is glorious, and there is no need to add to or withdraw from it.
taking actions to reduce stress due to excessive workload and long hours

That's not really caring that you're working too hard, or trying to fix the problem that you're working too hard. That sounds like trying to make you less angry about working too hard.
Facebook chat is actually available through Jabber. Its not obvious, though.

http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=2010021113085350...
Entrevista sobre crawling com Vanessa Fox, ex-Googler
Small iPhone 4 holder raises 100k at Kickstarter and counting
I'm one of the three, so this is good news for me.

Honestly if the port is good then it's good news for Mac users in general, the Zune software is, in my opinion, a better music player than iTunes, independent of whether or not one owns a Zune device.

I'm also a fan of the subscription service.
That's a nice piece by the Merc -- glad they discovered you guys! Congrats Brett. It's just too bad so many journalists start by default with the "how this new thing is NOT Facebook" angle. I'm guilty of it myself, of course.
I'll be there, grab me if you want to chat. Always happy to talk about the YC experience.
I use OSX 10.6 for C and Python, at times Cpp and only if forced to I even do Ruby or Java development on my MBPs (got two - boast...). I do not like either fink or MacPorts and install everything myself. So far, I have not encountered a single library or program I needed and was not able to install after some research at worst. This means virtually all essential C and C++ libraries mentioned in these posts (I do not bother with "junk" - and OSX comes with a sensible default selection, too). The only big boo-hoo is that OSX' Python build is a narrow build, but fixes a socket problem that makes using MacPython slightly unattractive. So, if you really only want hardcore development from your beloved shell and vi, get a laptop and run Gentoo. If you want to enjoy digital media (movies, sound, etc.) while working and want to have a consistent and interoperable UI experience, go Mac. Period.
Praveen Rathore's Blog - Positive Attitude towards the Life
If only 10% of all companies work employees too hard, that means we're achieving 210% care-i-tude!

Seriously, though, a lot of companies may discourage people working longer than 9-5, which accomplishes the same goal but would be "uncaring" by your definition.
Couldn't they use a vpn and tunnel in from any origin?
How to Opt Out of Yellow Pages Delivery
It has to be determined by specific market conditions. I don't think anyone practicing dentistry in Israel earns anything even close to the sums you mention. As you said, there could be an artificial shortage in dentists. When my father lived in the US, he worked as a researcher, but didn't bother getting a dentist license because the process was too complicated and time consuming.

Dentists don't like to quote prices because they want you to choose them based on their skills and reputation. Letting you shop around would turn this into commodity market. They do know (at least in countries without strange insurance habits) how much each procedure should cost and how much each of their friends asks for. This is not exactly collusion, but can contribute to price similarity. The same way that you can't find a decent DBA in the bay area for less than 100k. People usually know how much their skills are worth.

Hope this helped.
There were other wifi related bugs, too, fixed in 3.2.2. And people still continue to be plagued with wifi issues with the iPad. Just go to the support forums and see.
Unless I'm mistaken, some of those I only granted single use tokens to, so they don't actually still have access.
Nice try, but it's Heinz not HP. (Actually, Heinz acquired HP in 2005.)
How much did Twitteriffic for iOS cost to develop? Craig Hockenberry answers.
Ask HN: Startup lawyers in Waterloo
Hey Waterloo hackers. Does anyone know of a good startup lawyer in Waterloo, Canada? Thanks.
Those aren't mutally exclusive
I really wish I didn't already have plans for tonight :(
Apple holding ‘Back to the Mac’ event on October 20
How many users have JavaScript disabled?
There's a weird dichotomy here between startups and established companies. The hivemind says that the more hours you spend on your startup, the better. If you have 16 waking hours a day, nobody would tell you to spend just 8 of them on your startup. Yet if you work at an established company and your day is longer than, say, 10 hours, you're doing it wrong.

Brutal hours produce burnout, and I suppose the idea when doing a startup is to work hours that you know will eventually burn you out badly, but just hope that your company makes the big time before then. But in a bunch of ways, especially if you're going for a lifestyle business, that doesn't seem advisable.
I own 3 macs, but I'm still amused that a pre-announcement of an announcement generates so much discussion.
We at Black Duck noticed it too. So far, looks like the decline is largely because, lately Ohloh - a) hasn't kept up with discovering new projects. b) hasn't paid needed attention to keeping existing projects up to date.

We'll provide more details once transition is over (we just acquired Ohloh from Geeknet).
Please do Linux a favor and buy a preinstalled: ZaReason, System76.

Their machines work great with Ubuntu - unlike many laptops from other vendors.

And yes, you get all the software you'll need - it's Debian at least.
Hmm, browsers don't use ALGOL though, better stay with JavaScript.
Backbone is intended for JavaScript-driven web applications. If you're doing most of your logic and HTML rendering on the server-side, then it's not appropriate for you.

However, if you have an application with a lot of JavaScript interactivity, or a single-page application where the entire interface is driven from JavaScript (this is the case for us), then it helps to structure your client-side code with a little more oomph than just jQuery provides.

Taken to the extreme, in our case, the DocumentCloud workspace is effectively an empty body tag, and all of the HTML rendering and interesting logic happens in JavaScript models and views -- you never have to refresh the page. The server-side Rails code becomes smaller and less complicated, essentially delegated to performing validations and authentication and serving JSON to the client. Think GMail, or New Twitter, or 280 Slides...
I'm just a data point, but it's something I would NEVER pay money for.

You're not guaranteeing that I get what I want - a car. All I'm getting for shelling out money upfront is some quotes. I can get a million quotes any time, anywhere. What if I won't like the quote after I pay? I would feel robbed.

If this was free, and you'd get a cut from the dealer if I actually buy a car, I'd sign up in a heartbeat.
I wouldn't worry about that. If they control 10% (or even 5%) of all car purchases in the US, they're going to be well positioned to do a ton of other interesting things.
Seminar to Feature ISECOM's OSSTMM v3
I was a little disappointed that there wasn't a greater emphasis placed on what could be done to help curb the bad practices.

I'd really like to see:

1. Any study with public funding is published free of charge.

2. A registry of proposed studies underway prior to results publication. Addressing the issue of companies cherry picking the 1 in 5 study that shows X is effective in treating Y.

3. Some form of standardized results reporting: Drug X did/did not perform better than a placebo.

4. Some form of confidence rating based upon the methodology the study was undertaken with.
Kohana for php.
I use HeidiSQL to manage my MySQL databases.
Wow that is so cool.
It's almost as if two whistleblowing-style blogs were not entirely representative of the company as a whole.
What is the difference between active merchants and global accounts?

I have hard time believing that in the past couple months they could have found >3k people out there looking for a subscription billing solution like this. I think there's definitely a market for it (since I'm part of that market), but I don't think you're talking about millions of potential customers. And even if it is larger than I imagine, it takes time to reach them all.
This lets smileys be (more easily) understood by screen readers as well.
Oops. All I meant was that the processing of all those bits would eat a lot cycles. It came out incorrectly.
Enable your clients to control them luck.
They've still got room for a couple of tactical Snow Leopard-like $29 upgrades after 10.7, so why not bobcat and ocelot?
I think his point was that they may be taking too much VC. They have already taken $6 million.
Google’s Big Bet on Offshore Wind Reaffirms Commitment to Renewable Energy
that is one of the best "happiness guarantee" pages I've ever seen :)

good job! I love the idea.
Don Valentine, Sequoia Capital - Talk at Stanford GSB
I think you are misunderstanding their target customer. They are not targeting people who want to buy a car, but are not sure when or which one. They seem to be intentionally targeting people who are ready to go to the dealer and buy a specific car, but hate bargaining with car salesmen.

I happen to be at that specific point right now and if their service works as described on the many testimonials on the site and one on HN, I think paying $39 for it would be a great deal.

I do think you have a point in that, folks often come down to more than one choice on a model and make their final decision based on price. I think it would make sense for them to have a plan that supports this use case.
For other people interested in high-level GPU programming, might I suggest Theano?

Theano (http://deeplearning.net/software/theano/) is a CPU and GPU compiler for mathematical expressions in Python. It combines the convenience of NumPy with the speed of optimized native machine language. For gradient-based machine learning algorithms (like training an MLP or convolutional net), Theano is from 1.6x to 7.5x faster than competitive alternatives (including those in C/C++, NumPy, SciPy, and Matlab) when compiled for the CPU and between 6.5x and 44x faster when compiled for the GPU. You can read more about it here: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~lisa/pointeurs/theano_scipy2010...
Led by some of the same people featured in this documentary.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1012096952890708986...
Ancient script fonts are always a treasure. I've never known of a good, comprehensive collection, so I've always had my own little stash that I keep adding to.

These are really great. I especially love the Anaktoria Greek glyphs.
Socially Responsible Social Networking
I've added a note about prerequisites here: http://railstutorial.org/screencasts#prerequisites
You're allowed to reason about the security of Facebook's software. I simply posit that the security of their software makes little difference when they've already taken a compromising stance with their business practices. Also, I don't disagree with their business practices. It's their place. They can run it however they like just as pg runs this place however he likes. I respect that, and I compensate by being cautious (and wish more people would do the same.)

Notice that throughout the entirety of this, I've stated my opinion. No more, no less. I even lauded this move as a way to potentially increase Integrity assuming proper implementation and use, yet I get buried.
I prefer the finder to the shell for file management.
Having just had to replace a magsafe power cord (fortunately Apple does it free now, even out-of-warranty), I think the design needed a bit of tweaking, which later models have received.

http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1713 issue #6 , "strain relief issues"

kb
A 15" laptop would need something like 4000×3000 pixel to equal the current iPhone’s resolution. (A 30" screen would accordingly need something like 8000×6000 pixel.)

I don’t even know whether that‘s currently feasible below the price of a small car or something like that. I wouldn’t expect 300+ ppi (“Retina“) screens anytime soon but resolution independence sure would be nice. (And later maybe some 200+ dpi screens.)
What ever you want to do it, do it quickly. As one of the paying customers, I don't want to grow my subscribers in there and have trouble later transferring to another service.
I much prefer frameworks using with PHP, I find the language frustrating without one. I'm currently using the Appleseed framework, but I've also used Joomla, Drupal and CodeIgniter (my preference, besides Appleseed) for recent professional projects.
Looks great - imagine that it would be a perfect companion to something like sammy.js
You're correct, but that says more about the definition of "person of interest" than it does about the kid's dangerousness. For example, my parents came to the US from Lebanon. Aside from the fact that my family isn't Muslim, the profile fits me perfectly. I'd bet good money that it fits the vast majority of immigrants who still have family in the old country.

The other thing worth remembering is how the person of interest to whom the kid is linked became a person of interest. He posted a comment on reddit speculating about how easy it would be for terrorists to wreak havoc by hitting arbitrary soft targets throughout the country.

Like hiring, catching terrorists is a game where you should be willing to take a lot of false positives to avoid one false negative. But it can go too far, and people's worry is that it has done here.
Tell HN:  Unexpected and rapid promotion in company, advice needed.
I started working for a company in the middle of July as a developer. I am horribly managed, but it's a good company and they definitely mean well, but I am the first full time programmer they have ever had.

I report, (soon to be reported) to the Director of Technology, he did about 40 / 30 / 30 sysop, framework specific web stuff (messing with our cms), and management.

I asked for and got 55k when I started. I picked the number out of thin air, I imagine I could have got a bit higher without much effort had I asked.

Anyway the Director of Technology is leaving, and they are coming to me, not necessarily as a Director of Technology, but to advise them on what to do and to let me take as much of that job on as I want/feel comfortable with.

Our key servers are managed by rackspace. I am a very good php hacker, trying to get more into python, think a lot about getting my own thing going etc.

I am not a seasoned sysop in terms of controlling a server serving >1M hits a day. I've used linux exclusively for years.

I am very comfortable with my current position, but have a lot to say about how the company is leveraging technology and software, and I know it's my opportunity to be listened to on that.

I have no idea what to ask for in terms of compensation, what to think about, etc. I am 27, with nearly no 'corporate' (this is a small company < 50 people plus a couple dozen free lancers here and there) experience, no management experience. My current salary is about double what income I was used to my whole life.

Thanks for anything.
Indeed. Most people don't realize it's "OS Ten". Kind of like X11, OS X is probably the last "major" version of MacOS as we know it. By the time they move away from 10.x they'll probably be ready for a new name. I don't quite see how it'll work but lots of people think iOS and OS X will merge.