skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While it is indeed pleasant to be on the receiving end of gratitude, there is also real value in being grateful.

The author made the point, that as a result of showing gratitude, he was somewhat rewarded. I find that just the mental boost that I get when I am in a grateful state of mind is valuable.
Best defense of the fifth amendment I've ever seen.
Interviews - Two at a time
This might almost be a reason to get a Kindle.

I'm a big fan of playing games I find on the Interactive Fiction Archive -- http://ifarchive.org

Good stuff.
Ah, I was kind of hoping for some content by clicking through; but the entirety of the linked page is the title of the submission (it's basically a link to a tweet). Might as well save yourselves a click.
I don't think Adobe's Builder [tool] is free?
Chinese Govt. Blacks Out News of Dissident Liu Winning The Nobel Peace Prize
As an IT Director I apologize and here's why:

I will outsource anything that the stakeholders are being unreasonable about. Specifically to show what an "easy/quick" project will cost. I won't throw you to the wolves but there are many IT people that will.

So always protect yourself, even from the in house technical staff. Yes they'll understand the challenges you face, sometimes all too well.
Apple is changing its tune on music subscriptions
This would work better as an Ask HN post.
Some Thoughts on Facebook Groups
While is hasn't been verified, it has certainly fallen afoul of South Korean censors. I'm currently staying in Korea and I'm greeted with this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/295167/warning.png I'd say there is a decent chance that this is real.
"More recently, my own conversations with EnterpriseDB sales executives indicate an acceleration of commercial interest in Postgres, including from MySQL customers who are anxious that Oracle may ruin MySQL for them."

The silver lining. Hopefully, this will mean that more projects will target Postgres as a primary deployment platform.
Foursquare's Dennis Crowley: From Pink Slip to in the Pink
s/programmers by young/programmers be young/
Yes it's great. The follow-up talk by Officer George Bruch of the Virginia Beach Police Department is also very informative: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6014022229458915912

The gist of it is that he completely agrees with Professor James Duane that talking to the police always goes against your best interests, and goes on to discuss practical interview techniques that the police use to get suspects to talk.
what the fuck is class?
Afifi said he often travels for business and has two teenage brothers in Egypt whom he supports financially.

And that right there explains the entire story. He's being investigated because he's sending money into Egypt.
Touch screen touches you back
Why the 80/20 Rule Could Make You Less Productive
Is there a service that let you check your site loading time and whether you are using asynchronous loading? Would be useful to solve this problem.
This is not about what I thought it would be about, but it's still good.
The Afghan Conflict - A Map of Possible Scenarios
Totally agree, and kudos to you for saying no. When I was at Microsoft, I refused to work on things related to Digital Rights Management, which I find abhorrent. Of course everybody has to make their own decisions about just where the line is (some people would say I had already crossed over just by working for Microsoft) but in the end you have to live with yourself so don't do things that compromise your integrity, however you see it.
Arrington, Zuck, Calacanis added to FB's NAMBLA group without opting in
Note that there is already a very high-quality Z-machine interpreter in Javascript available to any device that has a modern web browser (e.g. tablets:)

http://parchment.toolness.com/
Do they have server admin on staff, or is the whole point of hosting in the cloud to not need them?
Here's the website they're talking about: http://www.portablequest.com
From what I've read it seems extremely likely that he did build (in secrecy) a working computer. One that was used by the British secret service to decrypt enemy communications.
Android Market New Country Roll-out Details
101 Premium WordPress Themes that Will Make Your Site Awesome
WordPress is a very popular CMS and as a result there are literally 1000′s of themes to choose from. Having all of these themes to choose from can be both good and bad.
Nethack maybe also too laggy? but MUDs could be great, esp since it has wifi/3G...

I guess twitter/SMS also :(
Ask HN: what would you do with $10k?
If somehow your bank account received $10k, how would you spend it? Anything you don't spend, disappears. What about $100k?
Thanks. I've fixed that.
With every installation of Perl comes perlthanks: http://perldoc.perl.org/perlthanks.html

* Can you use perlbug to submit a thank-you note?

Yes, you can do this by either using the -T option,
or by invoking the program as perlthanks

From older perlbug perldoc it said: Thank-you notes are good. It makes people smile.

:)
That document looks out of date:

All pushing and pulling of private data
is done over SSH authenticated with keys,
not passwords.

Surely that isn't true anymore, since they've now added the ability to pull/push your repositories over https. Which requires you to supply your GitHub password to your client.
مسلسل لالولا الحلقة 21
I highly recommend talking to Isaac and the team over at recurly.com (you can guess his email address (: )

Even if you don't end up using them you'll get some very valuable intel.
Download Google Chrome, open your site, hit Ctrl+Shift+J, click Resources, look for loooooong lines and see what they are. Everything to the right of blue line is mostly safe (async).

Also open your HTML source and search for src="http, look if any of those are <script tags. Async loading scripts don't use src="http part.

Update: http://whiteposts.com/not-async
What does it being ruby have to do with anything? I run it in VB because I don't have a spare machine for it. My desktop runs Windows 7, with a CentOS VM for dev work and a Ubuntu Server BM for gitosis and Redmine.
That's an interesting site.. Checking it out now.
I actually think the problem with programming and age is that it's not very healthy. I've sat on my ass for so long I'm not convinced I will live into old age. I'm only in my mid 30s and I already have high blood pressure, a bad back, bad eyes, my brain is scrambled from too many inane emails and meetings, etc. Babbage had the advantage of being able to think on his feet and not have 1000 distractions. I know a lot of old tinkerers, including my grandfather. I don't know a lot of old office stiffs, they seem to die of heart attacks and strokes. Two of my uncles were career programmers, and they are a mess, health-wise.
Warning: while the above async loading code works for Twitter, it won't work for any JavaScript containing calls to document.write() as they'll append the data to the end of the page depending on the browser (or even replace the whole page!)

All is not lost though, as you can patch document.write to do the right thing and write to an element's .innerHTML or equivalent. If you are a JavaScript API provider though, please take heed and don't use document.write(). I'm looking at you, PollDaddy!
I would also be interested in hearing some of the lessons the grandfather poster learned, and the preconceptions he unlearned. Maybe a blog post is in order?

Edit: I removed a rant that I had here which went too far off-topic.
As a member of the Clojure community I don't approve of all of Lau's articles, they do tend to be a over the top. However, like someone else that's "So Fucking Awesome", take a chance to look past the tone and hear the message.

This article has a lot of great Clojure style in it, and I would strongly recommend learning from it.
Sending money to a foreign country is not a federal crime.
A downvote button for this post.
Flex SDK is open source. You can find it on that page.
Just when I was working up some sympathy for Zuckerberg...Facebook flubs Groups
For a moment there I thought you were asking if Babbage had a blog...
I think MySQL needs to follow the path of Libre Office (the document foundation) and fork. The project should be run by the community and not controlled by Oracle. Oracle, like Sun did not create the database (Sun bought it in 2008) and are trying to profit off the community MySQL has created. This is open source and should remain open source.
No the flex builder isn't free. But the flex sdk is opensource
This is pretty basic stuff.

Still, in real code you want to put some comments when you do something like:

switch (myvariable) {
case 1: {
foo();
break();
}
case 2: {
bar(); // Your comments here
}
case 3: {
foobar();
break;
}
}

And also, you'd better have a good reason to do such thing!

As someone said, Readability counts.
Absolutely. Ageism is terrible.

If we can cure the diseases of aging that affect our mental and physical performance, we'll hopefully get rid of this sad state of affairs.

It's such a waste that so many incredibly brilliant people are seeing their mental functions decline because of the accumulation of beta amyloids in their brains or whatever other problem that happens to be in evolution's blind spot (humans didn't use to live that old, and rarely reproduced at that age if they did). A huge waste for humanity.
well, it all depends on how much they expect to charge, even half of an Oracle Enterprise license would be a HUGE increase for MySQL users.
I like the format, but agree it could have been done better in this particular case.
If there is a preponderance of younger success stories w/r/t age of the founders of successful internet companies, or the average age of programmers working for those companies, my bet would be that is due to an increase to risk aversion as folks get older.
Widespread Mortgage Fraud, Not Homeowners, Toppled the U.S. Housing Market
Has it been tested on this?

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

http://vimeo.com/10149605
I think git would be a better starting point!
I have to ask, do you really use phrases like "nurturing ecosystem where all parties benefit and grow from their relationship" with your clients? Are you referring to their relationship to their customers, or your relationship to the client?

'Fast', 'good', and 'cheap' are all subjective terms. Each one works against the other two, for sure. That's a fact that your client will have to discover. I completely agree with the suggestions in other comments to prompt your client to use offshore talent -- then they'll truly learn that Fast+Cheap != Good.

I've worked with these kinds of clients, and their opposite: large, established financial institutions who insist on working with 'Big Name' consulting firms: IBM, Accenture, etc. These firms make projects that would be 6 months of interesting effort into 2 or 3 year-long efforts, costing multi-millions, with a ratio of documentation/artifact to useful code being about 5:1. In the end, the deliverable is generally of mediocre quality. Great software does not come from financial institutions, nor from those operating on the fast and cheap. You won't change that reality, and I think you'd grow weary trying to do so.

I'll warn you now: 90%+ of your clients will be some combination of the above -- mostly the fast/cheap type.
You'll learn, over time, how to work these kinds of gigs. Think of your bottom-line (money, experience) gain. Don't look to your client to fulfill your career goals -- 'tis not their role. Apply your own sense of 'fast' and 'good', and remind your client that your expectations are to be paid in-full and on-time, every time.

...and keep looking for that next gig.
Great points from Dare Obasanjo, noting how Facebook groups may not respond particularly well to a weakness Google's been trying to exploit. His conclusion:

"Facebook Groups cranks the awkwardness of dealing with this up to 11. Let’s say I create a group for “People who work on social at Microsoft who regularly have lunch” and after a few months to years some of these people leave the company, get promoted or switch roles. As the owner of the group what do I do? Do I kick them out? Do I keep blathering on in private discussions that I know are no longer relevant for half of the recipients and in some cases actually violates work ethics since some of these people have left the company? What happens when I stop working on social at Microsoft?

Facebook Groups may solve some problems users have with Facebook but I suspect it is not the silver bullet that addresses the problem of people having friend groups that they’d like to keep separate on Facebook especially since it introduces a new set of problems for users. Time will tell if I’m right or wrong on this suspicion."
Because of bullying, I grew up with highly augmented situational awareness and just enough mistrust in strangers to be useful to daily life. I'd say I turned out better for it.
New Apple music subscription $10/month?
Did I miss something, or why are these in your head tag? Why not put them in the body tag so they don't load until after the browser has rendered the page?
http://maps.cloudmade.com/
The 9th court can repeal gravity, but it doesn't make it law. It merely makes it the opinion of the court.

The law has not changed, and the law is quite clear in requiring a warrant.

The law will not change until the constitution is ammended.

It is very important to recognize that the courts do not create law, and they cannot change the meaning of the law with rulings (otherwise there would be no purpose in having separation of powers.)

That, in effect, they are able to do so, is merely a measure of how lawless the government in this country has become.

But that should be obvious. For instance, the existence of the FBI is unconstitutional, since it is not mentioned as an agency of the federal government in the enumerated powers clause.
+1 for freshbooks. Met some of the team a little over a year ago. Great group of folks.
What’s So Great About Google TV?
A better version of my startup of course.
The New Gap Logo Might Be a Genius ‘Crowd Sourcing’ Stunt
Upvoted. I hope I didn't come across as blasting you. I agree that hand-coding your own Javascript is the best way to learn, and a front-end developer should know pure Javascript as well as jQuery. That said, for real-world applications, a stable third-party library is a better idea.
Report: Hulu Prepping To File For $2 Billion IPO
What is a Polyfill?
For what it's worth, I often see this problem in Canada - it's not always the offenders you list, but third-party widgets do significantly slow down page loads relatively often.
A little cabin on a remote piece of land :)
When I was in High School living in North Dakota, Dad always kept a week or so of food and propane for a heater / BBQ in stock all winter. It was not uncommon to have a storm that made travel bad for a couple of days at a time. We did have a couple of power failures that lasted into multiple days.
Perhaps his longevity was because because his work made him active physically, just as Leonardo was a sculptor.

As a programmer, I try to automate everything; but it can be healthier to do (physical) tasks the long way.
Did you know that, when David Koresh discovered the ATF was asking about him and asked about him at the gun store where he did business, he proactively called the local ATF office and offered to come in and have a chat with them?

Koresh was not hiding anything. This is why he, and all the men, women and children, in there had to be killed at the end of that siege. So that these facts would not be made publicly known.

You talk about "Branch Dividian style sect" and most americans have a completely false perspective on those people and that event because they were fed government lies during the entire period.

And afterwards, when the truth came out, it was no longer news.

Enough of that, and you start thinking that it is ok to illegally spy on americans.
Yeah, when the walk from my desk to the candy bar vending machine started to make me perspire is when I thought I should start exercising more. Now I jog to the candy bar vending machine -- I think it's helping. :-)
yeah I got a bunch of those from trying to contact all the different blogs.

it's also important to note that many of these pay to play sites have no actual traffic. Someone wanted me to pay $300 to get featured on a site with supposedly 5K hits a day. Ignoring the fact that, it's crazy high CPM...even that number was bullshit, since the Alexa rank for that site was 1.9 million.

1.9 million Alexa number, usually translates into 10-20 hits a day, not 5000
Good point, but you'll still benefit from using async script loading if you have multiple third-party scripts loading at the end of your page. If the Twitter script is included before the others, and it lags, it will hold them up too.
I got a mail from Adobe today as a part of the prerelease program. They'll soon have a private beta of Adobe air for iPhone and qnx for select developers (those who impress them with good apps for air for android, which will be shown at MAX 2010).
That may be true, but they aren't speaking with the authority of the state. There is a difference.
Web Developers...HOW?
I believe I have an industry changing idea but need the help of an exceptional web-developer....where do I go (other than local universities) to find this person? Any leads or interest is appreciated! Email me at napierskifamily@gmail.com! Let's make it happen!
Looks great, really slow on the iPad though
Absolutely true, but the so-called "money laundering" statutes at the federal level are written in such a way that they can convict anyone under them for any financial transaction. This is by design, because it gives the government a free hand to get warrants, seize assets and convict people that they otherwise would not be able to because they lack evidence of a real crime.
No kidding. He wasn't charged with a crime. He raised the suspicions of the FBI who investigated and found no crime. That's pretty much their entire job. Investigate and if evidence of a crime is found, to pass it off for prosecution. I'm not really seeing anything wrong here, other than the fact the tracker may have been placed without a warrant.

And even that is currently legal.
I've experienced this before and let me just say that it was hell to debug! TribalFusion seems to have done the same - using document.write() and document.writeline().
> where there's currently a cult of youth

I hear that a lot. I've worried about it since mid-eighties when my father sued US Government for age discrimination. But, I've not see it.

I'm almost 40, not old enough? Maybe I got another decade or two before the kids kick me off their lawns?

Maybe cult of youth exists more in "corporate"/"enterprise" world? Where naive, cheap, workaholics are greatly desired and always in supply?
Deposit checks using only your iphone camera
Sending money to a foreign country is not probable cause to investigate a federal crime.

"He raised the suspicions of the FBI who investigated and found no crime. That's pretty much their entire job."

Statements like this evince a complete misunderstanding of the role of law enforcement in a democratic society.

The FBI's job is to respond to proper complaints of violations of the law, and to investigate where there are clear and articulable facts that lead them to believe a crime has occurred.

Their job is not to surveil the citizenry for signs of aberrant behavior.
google.com.hk has the prize winner listed as the third link with the terms "nobel peace prize 2010".

Google.cn still redirects to google.com.hk for searching.

http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=zh-CN&source=hp&b...
Thanks, my immediate reaction to the article was that data normalization was not done. Now with normalized numbers, how 'bout that Swedish nepotism? :)
More than 200 years ago America broke off from England because Americans believed that the English government was violating their rights. The replacement government that the Americans set up has in its Constitution safeguards to ensure that government does not violate their rights. Since the founding Americans generally have softened and allowed their government to encroach on many of their rights but some Americans still make a fuss when they see government commit a particularly egregious violation.

The violation in this case would be of the Fourth Amendment, which basically forces the government to obtain a warrant before conducting most searches. Although courts have ruled that GPS tracking of cars is not covered by the Fourth Amendment, not all Americans share this view.

I don't agree that putting rights over security is selfish or short-sighted. The biggest threat to most people (especially Americans) comes from their own government. Without constant vigilance and assertion of rights, governments tend to act in their own best interests to the detriment of their people's interests. Law enforcement needs to be specially watched because it's much easier to search and arrest to get evidence (this is a violation of rights) than to get evidence first and then search and arrest (this is legal) and this is especially hurtful to liberty.
As a private pilot and Cessna 182 owner I can say, with absolute authority, you're all wrong.

Planes don't fly because of the Bernouilli Effect, or the Coanda Effect, or angle attack, or any of these other technical explanations.

Planes fly because of money. As soon as you stop throwing money at them, they stop flying.

Ask any plane owner and I think they'll agree.
Acne Pimples on the Scalp
There's nothing inherently unhealthy about being a programmer. If you take care of yourself, you can still program a lot without adverse health effects:

- Take regular breaks
- Practice good ergonomics
- Exercise regularly
- Eat healthily
- Avoid stress (meditate or find another way to relax)

You can let any career push you into an unhealthy lifestyle. Programming doesn't sentence you to an unhealthy, overweight, aching shorter life. It's all about taking care of yourself.

It's good practice to maintain your code. Treat your body like source code that you have to maintain for your entire life.
"Phillippa Lally and her team recruited 96 undergrads (mean age 27)"

Undergrads with a mean age of 27? Did anyone else find this unusual?
It can be depending on the foreign country and/or the recipient.

AND Authorities investigate people in order to determine IF they are committing / have committed a crime. Being investigated and investigating is normal healthy part of our justice system. (btw, IMO warrantless surveillance is not)
You can't 2 finger scroll the main area. Which is a pain.
MariaDB is one viable fork: http://mariadb.org/
I had a full time job like this (but Ruby on Rails). I lasted about three months before I gave up. I fled when I realized I would never be able to change the way they did things.
The CTO of name.com, Sean Leach, is one of the most knowledgeable and industry-connected DNS guys I know.

I would also highly recommend name.com
This is a great pattern! I wrote a related post a couple of years ago: http://billschofield.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/07/events-vs...
You missed off "we've got a few different developers but we'll probably end up paying one of you"
I don't think darwinGod was trying to put the person down because he doesn't have a blog. He was rather interested in learning more about this person and his experiences and the lessons which jakevoytko learned from him. I think your rant is misplaced.
"Babbage's message..." and "A message from Babbage's Life...".

are not identical. The former is a personal article or note from Babbage.

I got down voted for exactly what zeteo said...
I am confused - how did the Trademark help raise the price of the beans? Had Starbucks been selling false beans before (non-Ethopian beans with an Ethopian label)?
Those kinds of sites haven't gotten slow for me at all, and I'm only on 8Mbps broadband. Thanks for bringing it to everyone's attention though, hopefully it'll get fixed.