skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I am in my thirties now and it still utterly astonishes me the degree to which the school administrators, teachers and parents in my high school viewed bullying with blithe ignorance. I was never bullied myself and I was never a bully, but I witnessed atrocities that would land any adult perpetrator behind bars for several years. Sexual assaults of mentally handicapped kids, kids having their heads forced into the water of a dirty toilet, kids shot with pellet guns during class, on-going intimidation, beatings, etc. Amazingly, this is just the stuff that I personally witnessed...I'm sure worse things happened that I never saw. All of this transpired with virtually zero repercussions for the bullies involved. It was truly sad.
What is even more sad is that the adults at the school essentially turned a blind eye to this behaviour. I sure hope things have changed since then.
Interesting, I'd never come across that quote before today. Anyone have any idea why he doesn't like the WWW? Is he still on Gopher?
Python-on-a-Chip now supports Arduino Mega (BlimpDuino, Robotics, Touch Screens)
What's the benefit of registering a hate domain?

Someone goes to Bing.com to search, doesn't like it, and then goes to Fuckbing.com to read up on all the Bing hate?
What kind of video player are you using in the video hosting platform?
I want to sell finance courses as screencasts but i am having huge problem with video hosting platform.
All the html5 players i have seen are crap. Vimeo is good but it does not support commercial hosting.On the other hand Viddler is AMAZING. Their video player is amazing and the streaming is quite good as well but i am ready ready to pay $100 per month in the start. The only option i have is screencast.com. What do you recommend?
You shouldn't be. It's quite normal. If someone recorded and then transcribed normal conversation of your's (or anyone else's), you'd be appalled at it. I know I was when mine was recorded!
Someone once complimented Cary Grant by saying he wished he could be as witty and suave as Cary was on screen. Cary replied that he wished he could be, too.

There's a good reason why politicians carefully script and rehearse their remarks in advance, even the supposedly 'extemporaneous' ones.
From browsing http://aviationweek.typepad.com/files/mit_n3_final_presentat... …

• It's all about radically different fuselage design.

• 10% slower than current, think they might pick it up by saving 15 minutes on load and unload because of multiple aisles.

• The 777 model has no windows in economy class, and apparently no doors visible either. They are 9 row deep pods with 3/2 seats and a lateral aisle at the front. That is going to take some getting used to.

• There is a slide that says the N+3 numbers are reached with "advanced technology insertion". I am reminded of a Sidney Harris cartoon: http://avionod.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/and-then-a-miracle-h...

• They will fly higher, 40k feet and 45k feet. No word on how that changes turbulence, I presume it helps.
The NIC.ly statement shows a clear understanding of user generated content. VB was shut down because it's purpose is expressly against the TOS. Bit.ly is safe because it's purpose is clearly not.

Also, I've heard other cases of VB trolling for publicity and assumed that they weren't giving a complete explanation. For example, the initial reports from VB focused on the arbitrary nature of the decision, which I think is contradicted by NIC.ly contacting them beforehand.
> I don't think a paper receipt is necessary if the system is trusted (the system gives feedback if it accepted your input).

Front-end: "vote counted!"

Back-end: vote redirected to /dev/null!

It's not immediately obvious to me how to make such a system transparent enough to convince the losers that they lost honestly. Cryptographic schemes may be able to solve it, but I think it's an open question whether they'll be convincing and secure in practice.
Mono 2.8 has been released
As a fellow bullied child, I can empathize with the treatment, but I could not disagree more with the proposed solutions.

You simply can not treat children as adults nor can all family situations be adapted to yield the necessary love & care required to raise a non-bully. Biologically, children also don't have the same ability to morally reason and weigh present actions against future consequences. There's also a good deal of evidence which suggests some personalities and brains have a preternatural inclination towards aggressive actions and violence.

Children also learn, nearly from birth, how to please their parents and will often, as the author did, shield their "shame" at being bullied.

I was taught by my father, quite simply, to "always stand up for your rights" and that "dignity itself is worth fighting for".

As a kid, I never started a fight, but I ALWAYS responded to violence with violence. For many bullies, violence is really is the only social interchange they understand and the attention they receive from the public physical domination of others is their main source of self-esteem.

I got into my fair share of physical altercations (which I lost more than I won) and subsequent interactions with school disciplinary actions.

Nevertheless, win or lose, I never regretted any fight as they were 100% effective at preventing future bullying.

If a bully "gets bullied back", they back down. If a bully "wins a fight", they know you're always ready to throw-down and take the full measure of consequences so they move on to easier "prey".

School systems are different, but at least in my case, it always helped out with the school authorities to have the higher GPA and be recognized socially as the "good kid that got in trouble".

Finally, one learns at a visceral level, the numerous costs and few benefits of violence. Violence becomes a viable option, internalized very concretely, as the option of absolute last resort.
Agreed. Although the post makes several good points, there isn't really a key insight there. The author fails to convincingly boil it all down to a single concept of "truth". Rather, it feels the term is just stretched this way and that to try and pull together separate ideas:

"That means brevity. As Seneca said, “Truth hates delay.”"

"An unnecessary global variable is not just an invitation to "bugs; if it’s overexposed, it’s lying"

"If it’s a playlist, call it a playlist. Don’t call it a set. Tell the truth."

The connection here is shallow: the author has merely found a way to work truth into each description. Maybe it's better to just accept that there are multiple axes of goodness (which further makes us realise sometimes they are in conflict).
Ballmer's incompetence is compounded when he talks shit. Its like The Emperor's New Clothes, except its been going on for so long that everyone knows hes not wearing invisible robes. All, apparently except for Bill G and the others on the board of directors that keep him gainfully employed.
Yeah, that's true -- I (Amy Hoy) actually have more Ruby fame than Thomas does. But he's more hardcore in reality. :)
I went to school in India and while there was some mild bullying now and again it was nowhere near as bad as this. I find it surprising how big a problem it is here in the US especially at the junior and high school level.
In India the problem is with hazing (called "ragging") at the college level.
Why do teachers stand by and let bullying continue unabated ?
4 eCommerce sites luxury brands should learn from
Moore's law is about transistor counts, not speed, and is directly applicable to SSDs.
Made a GraphViz version of the diagram in the article. See

http://www.grok2.com/blog/2010/10/06/who-is-suing-who-in-the...

Seems like a lot of the Japanese companies are getting sued willy-nilly. Wonder why?
5% saving with better aerodynamics - at huge cost in changing every runway, taxiway, jetbridge, hanger and terminal to handle the new shape/size/layout

65% saving from new engine design based on unobtanium
Depends on who the client is and what you want. If it's just about making some cash, find some local businesses (restaurants, etc), charge $400, then set them up with a wordpress blog with a theme from theme forest, woo themes, or ??. Spend an hour customizing it and your done.

If you want to build a more sustainable web development business, find some larger corporate clients, and do basically the same thing but instead of the off-the-shelf theme, pay a designer $500-$1500 for a custom theme then charge $5-$10K per site. Get an intern or temp worker to do the data entry.

Also, I've found that "I want a website" type people really like to work on their own website once they have it. So don't be scared to let them have a go at the Wordpress (or whatever) backend. Just be ready to clearly explain the limitations when they inevitably make ridiculous requests.
I think they're using it for a cross-browser solution for rendering custom fonts. There's nothing wrong with that, though we'd be better served if they used a progressive enhancement strategy -- they're replacing a single space character with their Flash banner, when instead they should be replacing a text representation of it:

e.g., Instead of:
<td id="flash_banner">&nbsp;</td>

they should do this:
<td id="flash_banner">project: The Total Library</td>
(They use JavaScript to replace that <td> element with the Flash banner)
http://gizmodo.com/5537316/htc-countersues-apple-to-stop-all...
ah, the usability gem that is target="_blank". I do know how to use the back button you know
You know, I was all riled up at the title, because usually this crops up as "even my mum understand this" which is used to mean "even some computer illiterate dinosaur" can understand it. Which, you know, is stereotyping and fails to describe a lot of mums.

However on actually reading the post :-) I realised I was unfair, since in this case your mum stands in for an active middle-aged internet user who is not a geek, but reasonably sophisticated. So, uh, carry on.

To make amends, I'll throw in some advice:

People who think middle-aged women somehow can't handle complexity are generally mistaken - look up some coupon sites, these women are explaining strategies that make your head hurt. So don't think it is necessarily a question of avoiding complexity when dealing with that population. In my opinion the big driver in that demographic is utility. You have to get to the point where it is obvious what your product can do for them as quickly as possible. They will take the complexity, if they believe it is necessary, but they don't want to waste their time.

[Edit: Forgot to say, obviously never base all your feedback on one person, no matter how typical you think they are.]
Hi there. Amy here. FYI, while yes, I'm the designer/interaction designer/ux/whatever person, I'd like to add that I do the project lead stuff. The idea was mine; the market research mine; the positioning, differentiation, the determination of our initial feature set, and pricing all mine. I find and hire the freelancers. I meet with the productivity coach. I come up with advertising/promo opportunities. Etc.

This is not me being all "I DID ALL THE WORK WOOHOO!" -- far from it. I'd just like to note that there is far more that needs to be done for a successful app than just code + design. I think people don't realize that, when they see 1 or 2 creators listed by narrow roles, for a successful product.
Is that so? I'm struggling to understand how the 70% fuel usage reduction is supposed to occur just by feeding in slower-moving air. Anyone have any insight here?
Strong outgoing sales like personality. This role is mostly a sales position over the phone, with varying degree's of research for the best candidates. EG: finding a Sr Director of Technology in the SEO space for a $10M firm in the Valley; sourcing other firms with similar technical stacks; headhunting other Directors; selling the company; selling the hiring manager on the candidate; hopefully magic occurs.

But, many times its just X number of candidates results in X number of interviews and X number of offers. Some companies are more interested in volume, and some are more interested in placements (results) only.

Breakdown of different types of recruiters:
http://www.job-hunt.org/recruit.shtml

Examples of high-quality retained search firms:
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/10553203/c_10676328
Using regular expressions with the ‘Show’ command
Ventureloop screwup: twitter launch announcements under every story
See the different articles' titles, and then see the body. Did twitter pay ventureloop to do this? ;-)
I view what he is doing as recycling - getting used books to people who want them most.

Shredding your books is not doing anyone any good.
This should be posted as a separate article. I've browsed HN for some time without knowing about this IRC channel.
Clang C++ is now feature-complete with respect to the ISO C++ 1998 and 2003 standards.

this seems like a pretty big milestone. in particular, clang now has a libc++.

they also mention now supporting objective-c++. that's got to be one strange beast to code in.
Possible, but not trivial as Jess considers it.

Furthermore, politesse is not a lingual phenomenon. The politesse of a Texan is different from a New Yorker is different from a Minnesotan is very different from a Londoner.
I don't think that is what they mean to say. The slide on page 128 of http://aviationweek.typepad.com/files/mit_n3_final_presentat... for instance breaks down the fuel savings by various changes:

D8.1 configuration (double bubble) 49%
Airframe Advanced Materials 8%
High BPR Engines 4%
.. and a long tail that might be 8% more for the engines.

Now maybe the D8.1 configuration is only possible with impossible engines. I can not say.
When I first read this on TechCrunch, I thought it's a typo.
many people's inability to distinguish terseness from impoliteness

That's exactly it, though. Politeness and terseness are often diametrically opposed in our society, and since there is no standard of politeness outside what society finds to be "polite", I'm not sure how you can say many people have an inability to distinguish.

If you email a long question to someone and they respond with "No.", many people would find this to be impolite or downright rude. It might be the most efficient thing and the hacker-type might think it's OK, but if most people think it's impolite, it is.
For me (since there is no content generation) I just used my username. I agree with the creator that this method is worth trying since there really is no reason to need the security of a password. This solution eases the effort spent coding and the effort spent signing up at virtually no cost. Sure it's not perfect but for a site like this I think it was certainly worth trying.
Right on. I have a "no coworkers, no family members" rule for my facebook profile. I hope this becomes the new normal, to avoid any future embarrassment.
There is such a big difference between the claim that Sharia means six very non-controversial universal values (which the original poster claims) and that Sharia is a system of law based on Islamic beliefs as refined and interpreted by Muslim holy men, that I believe we ought to be able to determine which statement is closer to the truth regardless of interfering emotion. I suspect the original poster is being disingenuous by portraying Sharia law as such a bland and harmless thing.
There appears to be some evidence that bullies are more likely to have too much self-esteem rather than too little:

"The highest and lowest rates of cheating and bullying are found in different sub-categories of high self-esteem."

From: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pdf/pspi41...
He actually doesn't do much coding anymore. Due to his schedule he doesn't have time.

http://blog.reddit.com/2010/07/rms-ama.html (Question 10).
I usually don't care if I'm downvoted, but usually I can figure out the reason.

The HN community has become pretty watered down lately. Yuck.
win server 2k8 (r1) + Chrome.
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In Sacramento, hundreds of zombies walked the streets of Midtown...
Microsoft conference attendees can all laugh at the poor iPad user bent over an obviously flawed form factor when they should be using one of those tablets with flip-around keyboards that have been out for 10 years running Windows.

And everyone at WWDC can laugh all the way to the bank every time Apple sells another million iPads.

The customers have spoken. Is denial really Ballmer's best option at this point?
Do you mind if I quote that line about the living room and the theater (with or without attribution, as you wish) elsewhere in cyberspace?
Reminds me of some old (2006) Digg Labs experiments by Stamen Designs: http://stamen.com/clients/digg

Too bad labs.digg.com has been taken down by now...
Maybe. I have indeed seen cases where nice but busy and terse people were incorrectly interpreted as rude. But from what I've read about Stallman, I'm more inclined to think he's kind of a jerk. Often, people who are busy, and especially people who are passionate like Stallman, tend to look down on other who don't share their passion.

This isn't the end of the world. I'm kind of a jerk.
Any chance you could restore the link in the original thread? Sockpuppet McFakeAccount deleted it to stop the negative feedback from being connected to his original story. This thread is an attempt to reconnect it, but it's messier than restoring the original.
You're right that yearbooks are not terribly useful on a day-to-day basis since it's static. However, I think Facebook's value comes from the organic nature of the site. You can update and craft your social graph to how you see yourself interacting with different groups of people at a given point in time. Of course your social graph will morph over time -- Facebook will hopefully make that as frictionless as possible. Facebook is a history of yearbooks.
if anyone is interested in the concept behind this thread, this was my intent for starting http://reddit.com/r/prettywebsites which is since out of date
I agree completely. None of my coworkers are friends. But they can see all the content I've posted to this Hacker News Facebook group anyway. It is public.
I think you could do much better with a good user ineterface.
Sorry, I must have missed the download/offline option. Care to link me up?
Discuss: There are no more Google/Facebook size opportunities on the web.
I feel like all the big 1+ billion online opportunities have already been grabbed, and there's nothing big remaining. Does anyone else feel this way?
Privacy and data portability are two separate concerns. For those of us who don't post unwanted information online, we are only really concerned with the latter. For us, this is a big win.
Very true. The biggest problem with the parent comment is that this can and does happen. I've known plenty of bullied kids who scrapped it out only to have the bully's entire clique ambush them the next day.
Almost every time I implemented something where my guts said no was a disaster. Business types need to learn if we say no at first, insisting to get a yes is a really bad idea. Tech is not negociable, we aren't doing a deal at that point. Sometimes we are too tired to find detailed and convincing arguments why it's wrong and explain the little tiny details to convince you :

Yes programmers should give options, and learn to works with business guys. Don't worry we know that lesson. But, we are all on the same boat and as scary as it is, you have to learn to work with us too ... If you get a no, try to understand why is it a no, but never try to change it to a yes.

Actually even if you get a yes you should probably give arguments against too, because sometimes we can miss a thing too.
That's because if it's a long question it generally requires a longish reply to explain to the other person why the answer is "no". Saying simply "no" strongly suggests that the other person's understanding is not worth your time, or that they should accept your answer without understanding it because you are higher status.
And in India, where Orkut used to be big, almost everyone I know has migrated to Facebook, so those numbers include a large number of accounts no one is using
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"I was also juggling a camera (on my Nokia phone), a voice recorder (on my iPhone) and taking notes/tweeting on the iPad whilst listening to Mr Ballmer."

That strikes me as a lot of redundancy. So, I see Balmer's point when he said, "I think we can make life a little simpler for people, if we do the right job."
LLVM is "sponsored" by Apple, who are keen to see good Objective-C support; Objective-C++ isn't really a combination of C++ and Objective-C, its more a compatibility option between different libraries and APIs.
American Gods by Neil Gaiman is pretty good as well .. very good infact ..
It's a genius PR move, nothing more.
Actually, I have to design for my mom -- I built my latest niche product for notary publics. :)

The funny thing is that I knew she was doing notary stuff on the side for a long time now. I simply didn't realize she was using spreadsheets to manage it all.

The UI is really clunky still but most of that is a casualty of releasing something "ghetto, but useful" ASAP. I'm in the process of rebuilding it right now and it'll have a much prettier/useful interface rolled out in the next 3 weeks or so (though, mom's account is running the latest version of the UI). :)
Finding a way to filter silly questions off the internet is easily a multibillion dollar idea.
As I said, the paper (books, bills, junk mail, printouts etc.) gets shredded and used for animal bedding, which then goes into the compost pile. This kind of localized recycling has all kinds of environmental benefits, including the enrichment of my garden soil, which reduces water used for irrigation and improves my home-grown produce.
Wait, so let me get this straight. Someone can add me to a group without my permission, and I suddenly start getting notifications about all the crap that goes on in that group? That sounds obnoxious even by facebook standards.
A couple things I think can be taken from this for startups:
- Pixar Invests in its employees, especially through education.
- Mistakes are part of the process.

I do think you learn a lot from mistakes, but sometimes when coding I am very hesitant to make them which slows me down quite a bit.
This is getting insane.
They don't have a big headstart on other countries, and if this is just the tip of the iceberg, they might not even be number one anymore.

Especially if you consider the diet, which is the only thing not terribly obvious ("wash your hands", really?), we'd be looking at countries like Switzerland, Iceland and Spain, all which have a significant difference from Japan. Never mind that one should look at those anyway, as Japan is by no means a freak outlier. On average, a lot of countries are close and/or are higher than the US, so the only reason why Japan is often targeted is the allegedly high occurrence of people over 100 – which seems to be somewhat exaggerated.

Generally, the countries with high marks in healthcare seem to be doing well (I know, that might be tautological, depending on what part of the statistics those high marks are derived from). Fish, soy and tea? Not so much. (Apparently you may as well mix it with skyr, toblerone and paella)
Here's how it looked like in 2007: http://twitpic.com/2v8gwu
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This reasoning is perverse. Gruber has long said it's important for someone to credibly challenge Apple in mobile, otherwise everything stagnates.

http://daringfireball.net/2009/08/the_android_opportunity

No doubt some iPhone owners look upon this with glee, much like sports fans watching a rival team flail. I look upon it with glum disappointment. I’ve said it before and will say it again, the best thing that could happen for Apple and iPhone owners would be for at least one strong rival to appear. Two would be even better. A monoculture benefits no one in the long run, because it’s competition that drives innovation.
Is there a simple way to do live streaming with WebM yet?
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