skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I disagree with the notion that can only get what you want by looking for it from the corner of your eye, instead of looking head-on.
Simple: Americans, pious and sinful as they are, don't want to go to hell. Hence their money flows towards churches and healthcare.
I have an API that despite recent efforts still exploits the visited link bug.
The API itself it`s very simple, you send us via the client in javascript an HTTP request containing an url and we respond with a scrambled javascript, that will determine if the user visited the link and provide you that information.
Is there any market interest in such an API ?
I would be glad to build a service around this.
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Rudin is deceptive. At UCSD it takes a full academic year to get through that book. It is damn hard. UCSD was recently ranked in the top 50 universities in the world so it is not some lousy lazy place.

If you're going to try to learn that stuff on your own you'll need other books to supplement it and provide examples, counter-examples, intuition, and alternative explanations.
Ambient/Instrumentals: Sample of my bros music creations on SoundCloud
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Why would I want to do this to my visitors?
What do you mean by incremental syncing?

The thing I like about Mesh is that I feel like I have control over my files and where they go. The files "live" on my hard drives and are synchronized as a service, and can be synchronized to the cloud (SkyDrive) if I want. With "Office Live" (which, unless you're using the small business service, is really just a name used to refer to SkyDrive + Office Web Apps), the documents live full-time on the cloud, and any other copies that might be floating around are duplicates.

Documents are just as "secure" in either case, since someone guessing my Live password gives them access in both cases, but with Mesh, the files are "mine."

It's mostly a question of whether you synchronization managed through the app or through a separate "service" like Mesh. OneNote is kind of an odd duck in this respect compared to Word, Excel etc. because it it autosaves and it relies on a set of files and folders rather than discrete single-file documents, so it kind of makes sense to let OneNote take care of itself when it comes to syncing. However, I like regarding my files as files in a filesystem so I can manage them that way - I'm free to easily email a OneNote section file by attaching it, or maintain the files with my own backup processes rather than relying solely on the cloud's.

In my opinion, Microsoft should ditch the Office Live branding (except for the small business version, which is entirely different) because it's confusing and it's just a semantic repackaging of SkyDrive + Office Web Apps. OneNote should delegate its synchronization functionality to Mesh. MS has some good services but they are more focused on branding everything as a discrete product with a bright, shiny name than they are in presenting users with a coherent story.
The original implementation of BlindType (the one in all the demos) cannot be used on current iOS devices cause it violates Apple's terms. Apple doesn't want people replacing the default keyboard... so yeah.

They mentioned originally that they would submit to the App Store knowing that it would be rejected, but wanted to force Apple to look at what they were banning due to their conditions.

Once Apple allows it? I have no idea what would happen. Google does release a lot of iPhone apps, but those all tie into Google services. This does not. At all.
Ron has created hundreds of instrumental tracks, many of which are fun off tempo midi dedications to old favorites: pink panther, fat albert, giligan's island, star wars, etc.

If you like any and he doesn't mind I'll setup sound cloud to enable mp3 downloads.
IIRC launching a weather balloon is regulated differently than launching a rocket that will enter/cross regulated air space. Still, you're going to get into a huge load of shit if you get caught without getting prior approval.
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Why Me-Too products are a bad idea
"Perhaps the most striking finding is that a stressful uterine environment may be a mechanism that allows poverty to replicate itself generation after generation. Pregnant women in low-income areas tend to be more exposed to anxiety, depression, chemicals and toxins from car exhaust to pesticides, and they’re more likely to drink or smoke and less likely to take vitamin supplements, eat healthy food and get meticulous pre-natal care.

The result is children who start life at a disadvantage — for kids facing stresses before birth appear to have lower educational attainment, lower incomes and worse health throughout their lives. If that’s true, then even early childhood education may be a bit late as a way to break the cycles of poverty. "
As far as I can tell (only a begrudging Eclipse user) what you are suggesting is similar to what Eclim does - use Eclipse as a backend for validation and project management but use vim as the editor.

http://eclim.org/
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Recently I've set out on a quest to actively find new ideas; going as far as making it a goal to find one new idea a day (no matter how crazy, for the sake of flexing my brain and getting it better at stumbling on opportunities). This is as opposed to my previous method of passively reading about things and hoping that as things accumulate in my head, I will subconsciously one day while taking a shower have a eureka moment and think of an awesome idea (which does happen, just not as frequent as I would like).

I've found that by just sitting down and clearing my head and forcing myself to think really hard, trying to connect the dots half-baked ideas and just mixing it up with random thoughts, I've gotten a whole lot better at thinking up of ideas. Patrick (patio11)'s article about his not understanding why people complain they can't find ideas really gave me a good kick in the side and motivated me to do this: http://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/03/20/running-a-software-busin... and I do find his comment about "walking in a store to find what people buy" a great starting point! I also have this book which I recommend 'A Whack on the Side of the Head' http://amzn.to/bm6vW4 which certainly did literally help me look at ideas in a different light and generate new ideas.

As a part of my effort to just find new opportunities, I've been documenting meta-algorithms to find algorithms (if a business idea/model is an algorithm). An entry I just added is:

* Learn a new concept, algorithm, (e.g. 'Programming Collective Intelligence' http://amzn.to/cMLnKj), and apply it to some problem in a different field (e.g. non-technical things in real life, or things I use such as Facebook, Twitter, etc). <-- An example of this: I read up on Shazam's clever algorithm and tried to use that method to solve something else.

Does anyone else collect such meta algorithms?
I agree with you wholeheartedly, and I would hybridize what you said a bit.

There are always amazing things being studied in computer science, and those are a huge opportunity of things to be monetized.

Just as things like the web browser and pagerank came out of university research, we should be looking in academia for the next massive opportunities in technology.
What about oDesk et al.? There is a huge amount of people offering to work as your personal assistant.
I also have no problem using GAE and Emacs. I just run the dev server from the command line and its all good. Make changes to the code in Emacs, refresh the browser, and the changes are there. Where would you run into a problem that'd make you switch editors?
It invigorates you like none other. Steve Jobs is known for religious-like energy in his actions, and helping out with programs that make a difference, even if they're secular creates that level of commitment and energy. It's exciting.
To provide customized experience, such as links, ads, or the similars, just an example. It is not meant to be used for evil purposes.
IMHO it's not hard to make the books, but it's incredibly hard to build the shelf well.

build the shelf a little wrong and chances are that the only books that will fit are the ones you have to write yourself
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The page looks and reads like blogspam, but I'm glad you posted it for this one observation:

As a person who seldom, if ever, gives a ‘thumbs up’ when a virtual hug is what’s needed, I often wonder what’s missing from Facebook.
Our new NYC startup jumpkick is seeking Rails developers to work remotely with our team on some outstanding tickets and ongoing efforts to help us get to Beta in coming months.

Must have strong experience in large consumer facing data driven sites, especially those with social components, matching algorithms, recommendation engines, NLP i.e. dating sites, social networks, pandora, linkedin, etc.. We're building something special. It's also in Rails 3.

Ryan@MagnetAgency.net for more info.

I should also point out that Magnet Agency, our next gen recruiting company, has gobs of opportunities all the time for NYC talent in development, product management, sales and marketing and we do alot of exec search. We don't work with BS companies, every client is a killer tech startup or top agency/media brand we'd work at ourselves.
How did you like living in Peru? I've thought about getting an apartment there for a short while and work on developing my business.
Zuckerberg's now-famous quote about The Facebook's early users being dumbfucks for "trusting" him suggests he was an asshole from day one.

I don't agree. There are many things that comment might have been. For example, it could have been mock-cynical humour. The truth is we don't know and it's impossible to tell. What it undeniably is, though, is convenient for anyone who'd like some "evidence" to go with their pre-existing judgment.

I'm not that interested in Facebook and have never paid much attention to Zuckerberg, but after seeing the movie I was curious and read a few things. They confirmed my pre-existing judgment, which is that he's nothing like the nasty Aspergerite of the movie. Also, a lot of people I respect feel protective towards him and stand up for him. That indicates something. So why, I wonder, do so many others hate him? Even if he has done every single bad thing that's been reported (obviously an upper bound on grounds for hate) the intensity of emotion people have about this guy still seems excessive. Well, there's a simple explanation at hand: he's the youngest self-made billionaire ever. Anyone in that position would be widely hated. It's just easier for people to cope with his massive success if they can add the idea that he's an asshole -- these are two mental molecules that bond into a very stable compound -- because now the brain can say, "I may not be the youngest billionaire in the world, but at least I'm not an asshole". Frankly, when we find ourselves feeling angry in this way, it's time to look in a mirror.

Oh and one more thing about the zingers: that script seemed to me to have been optimized for how many smug one-liners could be crammed into it, with no concern for how people actually think or talk. This is good writing? It's writing designed to get people to say "what good writing". I'm surprised that so many critics and smart people fall for this; it's the intellectual equivalent of mistaking ostentatious glitz for taste. To me, Sorkin and Mezrich are the real assholes of this story.
He answers his own question - AOL paid a higher multiple for the TechCrunch brand's goodwill value.

That's not unusual whatsoever.
If you are interested in finding great new books, you could sign up with the service I created: http://anynewbooks.com. It's not exactly a recommendation service, but it's useful to spot interesting new titles that come out regularly.</shameless-plug>
Thank you for the recommendation. Some of my tasks are language specific, so I would like to find people capable of speaking a certain language.
I gave up on System of the World after it turned out not to be a trilogy after all. Anything else by Stephenson I obsess over, though. Anathem was basically a religious experience for me and I read it straight through twice - something I only do about once a decade.

I might be ready for a fourth reading now.
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[0] http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/2008/10/what-is-the-probabil...

[1] http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/prob...
Another question: I see that somebody mentioned http://zferral.com/. How does your service differs from this?
You didn't allude to whether she actually liked it or not - which I think is the more important point. She's the beneficiary of the knowledge the guy gained from Maxim, it would matter more that the guy acquired and used the knowledge, than where the knowledge came from :/
Man posed on Facebook as Ferrari-driving playboy to get his son back
Urban Dictionary FTW!:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bronado

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bonestorm

Alas: urban ethnologists and lexologists have yet to define "hisicane."
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Average clouds weigh 200K+ lbs; Hurricanes: 108 Billion lbs
I really enjoyed _The Sirens of Titan_ and _Cat's Cradle_, too.
I would invest in other startups. I definitely think money is better spent on experiences than things.

Having my debts paid off and knowing my family was taken care of would let me pursue riskier startup ideas which are more fun and satisfying.

Of course, talk to my wife and I'm sure she'll give you a different answer. :)
My company (rentmineonline.com, seedcamp '08, fbfund '09) has been running this kind of service for rental communities.

We recently launched a partner site that isn't industry specific, (RefYo) I'd love to get your input about desired features, etc.

feel free to drop me a line - klochner@gmail.com
See also "Rich vs. King in the Real World: Why I sold my company"
http://blog.asmartbear.com/rich-vs-king-sold-company.html
I would like to fill in the form to nominate him but I can't find his email address
The roadmap would be to first learn analysis (advanced calculus), then measure theory, then get a measure theory probability book.

I'll assume you are teaching this to yourself.

For analysis, I wouldn't get Rudin's book (concepts are poorly motivated). There are plenty of good Dover books. But I haven't read them because, well, I learned from Rudin.

For measure theory, I'd read Kolmogorov and Fomin's book. Rudin also has a measure theory book, which is much better than his analysis book, but it's hefty. Good problems though.

For a book on Probability, we read A Probability Path at my university. I wasn't fond of it. Someone referred me to Probability with Martingales, and though I didn't read it, it looked very good.
The Khan academy ends where OP says he left off. (i.e., advanced linear algebra).
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I think spotting, for example lookout outlook plugin acquired by MS, which seems clearly to me MS needed such solution and lookout already solved it nicely. So why re-invent the wheel and spend more money when you got a safe choice.
I've got the opposite problem, tons of ideas and not the coding skills to make them happen. I also have a knack for taking half-baked ideas and turning them into something viable.

That aside, my ideas come from observing things I and others do frequently (or want to do) that can be improved. Read rags, ask your peers what they do online,

Some examples from my list, I hope they spawn some ideas for you

My current attempt is for online book/paper editing spawned by my writing of a Security Handbook I want online and in deadtree format. Simple really: importing of documents (Word, ODF, RTF), browsable/readable display by chapter/section, WYSIWY{G,M} editor with revision/track changes, layout templates, exporting of content to to PS, ePUB, PDF. For monetization being tied in with publishers.

buying a house? tired of collecting addresses, realtor names and those MLS numbers? Geolocation + "bookmarking" and tie in to MLS database

"What is that song?" Recording song sample, identify unique artifacts (fingerprinting) and compare to database of known songs. Crowd sourcing would help here.

HTML5 Darknet. Websocket P2P network for a website, connect visitors and (selectively) allow chatting, sharing of bookmarks, play list, calendars

One more based on your question: a place for sharing of ideas that connects experienced developers to people with challenging ideas. :)

AS you can see, these come from common issues that people run into. Best of luck!
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I have a Windows laptop with the same specs, and I can slow it down pretty easily.

Chrome with thirty tabs -- switching to a tab I haven't looked at in a while sets the disk grinding and brings everything to a halt.

When I start up Outlook, or just click on Outlook after waking up the laptop, there's a couple minutes I can spend getting coffee, because it takes take that long to switch to another program and start using it. (Waiting for Outlook to finish starting up is another few minutes after that.)

Eclipse with fifty or more files open (damn these big Java frameworks) -- grind grind grind every time I switch between views, or at unexpected times while I'm typing.

I wish I knew more about Windows, because when I look at the processes in the Task Manager, their combined memory footprint is well under 2GB, but all my programs become nearly unresponsive while the disk goes grind grind grind grind grind... what the hell is that about?

Whether it's misconfiguration or some spyware crap my company installs on our laptops (I disabled the "backup" feature that just copy files around on the hard drive, but I'm sure there's more) it certainly helps if I keep the resource usage of my programs down.

tl;dr: As long as people are bothered by performance problems, they'll worry about the resource consumption of their tools.
I have no experience with this myself, but I did read this article on the BBC's site earlier today about being an expat in Uruguay: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11397130

Apparently, as long as you can prove a monthly income of at least $650, you can get a visa to stay.
Pretty much the entire adult industry (even the very biggest sites) uses NATS as their affiliate management system.

https://www.toomuchmedia.com/pp_nats.htm?tmmatt=1

The company I work for (not in the adult industry) built its own.
This man is quite possibly the greatest hacker/hustler alive. It's one thing to solve problems, but it's an entire different level of determination to do this. On a related note, this woman may very well be one of the most evil people in the world. Marrying someone for citizenship while advertising love and a relationship is not acceptable.
I certainly wouldn't focus on toys.

I'd buy a place to turn into a hackerspace or coworking office.
Java and C# are easy to parse. That makes them tooling-friendly. That, in turn enables the development of reliable, fast tools for refactorings.

For better or for worse, most of that tooling is implemented as an IDE command/plugin. Command-line refactoring tools are way rarer. For example, <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/704062/are-there-any-open...; was asked a year ago, but the top answer lists software that, according to it's website, was Last released seven years ago.

So, IMO, that 'require' may not be absolute, but it certainly is pragmatic.

What makes you think you are effective in Java? Do you know what you are missing?
That's the kind of thinking which is likely to counteract the point of this app.
Sure, maybe I like that friction. If a refactor is going to be a bit of hassle, it makes me think about it more, and evaluate if it really is a good change to make.
Has no one recommended Musashi? Really? Here's a writeup I did in another comment -

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If you're talented and get frustrated with stupid people, you have to read "Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa. I mean, you have to.

Musashi was one of the greatest (maybe the greatest) swordsman of all time. He invented a Japanese longblade/shortblade mixed style of swordsmanship, at one point fighting himself out of an ambush when he was attacked by over 30 men. He was undefeated in over 60 duels, including defeating arguably the second best swordsman in Japan at the time while fighting with a wooden oar he carved into a rough swordlike shape.

Here's Musashi's Wikipedia page:

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

The book by Eiji Yoshikawa is historical fiction - it's period accurate and follows all of Musashi's most well known story. It fills in some other details we don't know of Musashi's life - how he might have trained, some minor scuffles with bandits of the day, and it added a love story.

The book is exceptional. Musashi has immense amounts of raw talent, but is in conflict with himself in the world, arrogant, keeps getting into problems and trouble until he comes to more mastery and wisdom. Seriously, I read a lot, and this is hands-down my favorite book of all time. It's a hell of an enjoyable read, really pleasant and beautiful, fun and adventurous, but also filled with deep wisdom. It's a great swashbuckling story, but also teaches you about thinking critically, tactics, strategy, training, tradeoffs, and so on. Just a masterpiece. Easily the most influential book of my life.

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http://www.amazon.com/Musashi-Eiji-Yoshikawa/dp/4770019572
One of my author wrote a rather nice article with relevant links to services that provides Virtual Assistants.
Here is the link to the article

http://brajeshwar.com/2010/virtual-assistants-managing-busin...

I've also heard someone said Indonesian's (from oDesk) are pretty good and easier to interact.

I suggest trying out few with small task and figuring out the best which suits you.
Actually,

I wouldn't recommend either of those two book for self-teaching.

For whatever reason, I taught myself advance mathematics in High Schools. Spivak and Rubin were pretty inaccessible. Sure, they are rigorous and high level but that meant they didn't lend themselves to an easy read. "Real Analysis" by Royden was relatively quick to go through - and I had only the start of calculus. Royden gives a fairly simplistic and accessible development of higher mathematics starting with set theory.

I'd imagine that would be the most helpful.

(In my High School years, I went from algebra sophomore year to reading Royden and doing a community college calculus class junior year to passing a differential geometry course and the undergraduate honors seminar at UCLA).
This is wrong:

"And if you’re lucky enough to get a life-changing acquisition offer like Mike Arrington just did, follow his example. Go for the billion dollars when you start your next company—by then you’ll have more experience and you won’t be risking the kids’ college education."

His mistake is to forget that the two options aren't exclusive. A large percentage of founders in startups successful enough to be on their way to being worth a billion dollars manage to cash out partially en route. So you don't have to choose between trying to make the company a big success and your kids' educations.

How do you decide whether or not to sell? There are two factors to consider: how much you like the work, and how good the offer is. If working on the company is what you want to do with your life, as it seems to be for Mark Zuckerberg for example, then you shouldn't sell unless you need to. Whereas if someone makes you an offer so good you'd be crazy to refuse it, then you might want to take it, even if you hadn't planned to sell.

(Strictly speaking, if you have shareholders, you have a fiduciary duty to do whatever's right for them. But since the founders' level of motivation is usually the dominant factor in the future value of early stage startups, in practice that usually reduces to doing what you prefer.)