skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The reason none of those are a problem is pretty straight forward. Each of those systems were designed to be powered by the aircraft's gen-sets, rather than the other way around.

When designing an aircraft and its sub-systems, the engineer provides power availability specifications. The people who make the headlights, avionics, and coffee machines are all aware of the common power configurations and design their equipment to work with that specification directly. I used to work on light aircraft (private), which all used 24 VDC. Everything in the plane was designed to run on 24 VDC. Commercial airliners likely have more than one voltage specification available, but I'd imagine it's all DC.

Any time you have to convert voltage, you're going to lose some efficiency. Inverters (DC to AC) have some particularly nasty characteristics that make them undesirable on an aircraft. A DC voltage converter would work, but you still introduce some degree of inefficiency. A good switching DC voltage converter can exceed 90% efficiency, but so can an AC inverter. Neither operates at that efficiency all the time though. I know that AC inverters perform best when run at close to nominal load. At lower current levels, efficiency drops. I don't know enough about DC converters to say.

Add to this the fact that inverters and converters are heavy, and you can begin to understand why a power outlet at each seat is problematic.
I played around with this, and I'll tell you where I have problems. It's similar to the thing in AI where if you model a character as cartoonish, people's subconsciouses will fill in the blanks, making the characters appealing -- but if you get 'too close' to actual, then the brain only sees the flaws, and it makes the characters seem creepy.

I feel that same thing here, where you're using actual HTML input elements, and actual page items, but without being able to repeat a background, and without being ACTUAL html. I only see the flaws.

Balsamiq works best for me because frankly, I'm not going to use the browser's default HTML elements anyway, unless I've styled them at least a little bit. So the 'cartoonish' rough markups you are striving to improve upon are really features to me.

That said, I don't think there's no market -- I'm sure the idea will appeal to some, but I don't know that the pixel-perfection is particularly a value add for me, it's just a different choice, and (for me) not paying any extra for.
update here is the video link:
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/discovery/30832-dirty-jobs-s...
Yeah, the article has nothing to say about the effectiveness of the work being done, just that you are "working". I can bang my head against a problem all day long, but I'll find the answer in the shower.

Work smarter, not harder, right?
I agree, but creating a job is much much harder than successfully applying for a(n average) job.
We have definitely been talking past each other. Mostly because we understand the term "database" differently (see my other reply to you). I am actually mostly in agreement with you, since I don't do that much web development these days either. And narrow judgements may not do anyone good, but I think precise definitions would have helped us in this case. :)
I bought a cheap VPS at linode.com, installed and configured pptpd and set up a PPTP connection to the VPS on my mac (using standard Network Preferences panel).
When I need a secure connection I just connect over PPTP to the VPS. This enables pretty secure connection from the place with wireless access to the VPS for all tcp protocols (http, smtp, etc).
Very 'funny' and usual problems. I really enjoyed the reading. I have found myself many times helping people on points like 1 and 10 (copy&paste ---> keyboard&chair problems).

I have also found a lot of people which is relatively new to internet and who don't see a difference between 'Internet', the browser and google. You speak to them, and they say: my page does not work, it's not active (when you have checked it is working). Then, with further investigation you find that they are typing the domain name on google, and they get no result, which, of course doesn't mean the page is not working. They just mix google, browser and internet.

It's similar to when you hear 'using the internet' exclusively refered to web browsing, as if web was the only thing internet had.
"never think about the bug again"

That has never been part of the process. That may be what some people do, but it's not part of the process.

Good programmers figure out how the bug happened -while- they are fixing it. There's no need to spend time afterwards. (Okay, there are a -few- cases that require research, but I've never met one of those that didn't require me to track it down anyhow.)
You can prefix/postfix voice recordings with ads from advertisers... much like how they do it in the movies where they show tons of ads before a movie. It could work for you too.
Surely you jest, sir!
The analogy fails. Have you ever seen a carpenter never ever use a hammer? They have to use it as some point but I've seen many successful programmers never use C in their life.
PS will not be a better tool until their font rendering is identical to that of the browsers.
Ask HN: How much did it cost to setup the legal foundations for your startup?
Our startup is based in Toronto, Canada. We're looking at getting our legal foundations put in place and want to gauge how much that might cost.

By legal foundations, we mean items like a shareholders' agreement, sorting out IP rights, etc.
No, they're not, and I didn't intend to imply they were. My comment was originally intended to point out that there are other types of programming than web programming, and that sweeping statements about people being bad programmers are misplaced when they're not properly qualified and contextualized.

The "discussion" got out-of-hand, and it's too late to try to write something balanced and conciliatory.
Imagine there being a toggle button on the toolbar that switches your mockup between low and high fidelity. Would that be something you're interested in?
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Ever heard of Eminem?
So melancholy is a shameful indulgence, and happiness is discipline and duty? Is it somehow better to those who struggle tragically if I keep a smile on my face at all times? My natural reaction upon thinking of them is to do the opposite.

I think there is something sinister about recommending material indulgence as a means of overcoming the sin of "emotional" indulgence, especially if those who suffer from want are used as justification.

Is all trauma in rich society non-existent? Does death no longer exist, or loneliness, or guilt, or regret, or uncertainty, or evil, or unrequited love, or feeling trapped, or inadequacy, or betrayal, or aging, or health issues, or any other existential problem? Why is art throughout history rife with these issues if they are abnormal elements of the human experience?

I agree that some can overly prioritize negativity or cynicism, but I think this phenomenon is just a contrarian response to the dominant emotional valuation. I am tempted into it whenever someone insists that I must be happy, or talks down about angst as if they were not themselves human. It's offensive to the spirit and sense of honesty, integrity, and self. Better to let feelings flow naturally. I too like feeling happy, if it's genuine.

As for the "perfect partner", I either feel a romantic pull towards someone, or I don't. Every time I see people fake it for the sake of looking normal, it ends in disaster.
some very quick details
* the canvas size is fixed, cant seem to be able to expand it
* the resize handlers are annoying, selections dont "feel" nice, "feeling nice" is important imo
* I didnt see how to define gradients

* Put a much nicer looking website for a demo than hacker news, maybe the 37 signals front page
> also, lame video

Since the videos don't have to be that polished, what do you mean?
Can you say at least what the field was (naming names would be cruel)?
No, this post is a classic case of marketing, techno, gobbedly-gook. It has no clear thesis, and riffs from topic to topic.

I got bored halfway through, and I still don't understand what his point is.

My favorite use of language is the one you mention "intrapreneurial"!
I don’t think there is a Save command anywhere in the default iPad apps or the iWork apps. Even Office could easily switch away from forcing the users to save. They already have this nice, big menu with recent documents in their newest version, all they need to do is rework that into a sort of library of all documents. Then my dad, too, would no longer be confused by saving Word documents.
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I have the same problem, nothing I do works, it just tells me to fix the permissions...
Some technical suggestions:

* programming languages: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

* operating systems: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

* popular websites: http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...
Reputation isn't as powerful as you imagine
So, are you interested in "discussion" so you can justify your choices, or did you actually want to know why I didn't do it? "Actually" everything I said is true, because it is about my decision, when I made it.
Technology really has a short shelf life these days.
I think you're giving away too much for free. How about 1 mockup for free, not 5. Or how about you just let me pay you $x for 3 months of usage (which will coincide with Project Y that I'm working on). If you let me do 5 mockups for free there's not much incentive for me to pay.
Interesting -- the canvas size shouldn't be fixed. There's a grip in the bottom right corner which should allow you to resize it. If it doesn't, let me know.

Can you articulate why the selections don't feel nice?

Gradients are possible and also on the todo list. Designing a clean UX to facilitate their creation is tough though. If only there was a tool I could use to experiment with different designs...

As far as the demo site, I'll change it. But today's HackerNews launch day, so it only seems appropriate.
I don't play golf, so I don't know if this is useful to a golfer, but I assume so =) It looks cool anyway.

1. tghgolfdesigns.com - not memorable.

2. Pocket Pro - does not tell me anything about the app (yes, I get Golf Pro buts it not instantly recognisable). Pocketgolfswing.com is available... buy that and create a product site.

3. I don't even see the product in action until nearly 2 minutes in. Most of the stuff before is just dull. People who buy the product don't care about your circuit board.

4. Use simpler language - you talk up your data frequency by talking about 60 frames per second on a video capture system and yours of 1000 times per second. Say "over 10x more accuracy" or whatever.

5. Guy on our left - we can tell you keep looking down to read your script and it looks awkward.

6. Get along to a golf club and find the club pro and persuade him to be involved. It will give it a bit more gravitas.

7. Perhaps consider adding some titles. Eg whilst the swing data is downloading to your iPhone, put on a screen title of "Data transfers is under 5 seconds". It provides a little distraction of something for someone to read and the 'wait' doesn't feel as long. You could also use a title to show each view that your app offers. eg "1. Swing view, 2. shot view" etc. Because it's a tiny phone being demonstrated, it's not clear to see the UI and the title could reinforce what the user is looking at.

Your website

1. In little text you finally explain what the product is. You waste 5 lines and 300px of height mentioning your company name and the product title and it still doesn't say what it does. Have a tagline - "introducing pocket pro - analyse your golf swing instantly" etc.

2. E-mail sign up for release. Put this at the top, in the centre. Otherwise people will see that it's not released yet, forget about it and never return. E-mail means you can get them back again!

Looks a cool product though and nice visualisations. Wishing you every success
The Pro plan will eventually include additional features which the Free plan doesn't have.

Also, since you can share your designs, there's a benefit in letting people create several for free. There's a balance there, but I think 5 is a good fit for light users.
I like to make video screen shots with CamStudio and record myself searching for the bug, finding the bug, explaining why the bug occurred, etc. I check the video into a log I have. It's worked very well, and it's much easier to watch the video instead of deciphering comments over, in some cases, multiple source files.
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It is more than "moderately difficult" to recover WPA keys; what you're looking at are tools and techniques used to crack passphrases for WPA.
I don't like it when 'Save' is greyed out on Google Docs. I'd rather have it auto-saving and removing an asterisk that indicates changes have been made. Then I could see that I don't need to save, but still get the satisfaction of mashing the little save button (which evokes a warm and fuzzy feeling of safety).
These are probably the best vector icons out there: http://helveticons.ch/
http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+ar...
Another good reason to have a separate domain is so that your main mail servers don't get overloaded with bounce messages, people hitting reply, etc.
"While white suburban kids studied rap lyrics, gangstas studied corporate culture."

--Misquoted and without attribution. Rolling Stone, maybe.
A simpler - and more mundane - reason is that the story wasn't done yet. Maybe it needed more research, more writing, or more editing.
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Interesting to see how this query changes from yours:
http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

I did a side by side tab back and forth to visually diff. Is marriage really that bad???

[Edit] And further:
http://www.technomancy.org/google-suggest-venn/#start=Why+is...

wtf.

[Edit 2]
You could probably really promote this app with some well thought out queries.
I have been using this for months and the interface is really good and the rights management filter is a very nice touch.

I am hoping it starts indexing/storing vector files soon or maybe have accounts for the artist/shops behind the icons so that people can easily contact then hire them from the site itself.
As a side note: Facebook has SSL access, but Facebook Chat doesn't work with it.

I use HTTPS Everywhere, and for any sites that don't use SSL (cough SLASHDOT cough) I just use non-standard passwords and take the risk, and be aware that what I say over unencrypted IM might be intercepted (though it's unlikely).
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It was a note for note cover of the 37Signals UI that was clearly designed to evoke Campfire, done by Google. What's the web chat room designed prior to Campfire that looks virtually identical to Campfire?
An elite that also passes on ability is more tenacious

That would seem to be a genuine elite, then.
This is much easier to set up and works well. The router or server you are tunneling to needs no extra configuration beyond having ssh set up. On a VPS it will already be running and with router firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato it's just a checkbox in the settings.

VPN makes more sense if you need to access things on another network, like shared drives, and can be difficult to configure.

I've been working completely mobile and using tunneling for years. It works well. Set sshd on the router/server to use port 443 and you won't have issues with port restrictions.
And i remember that it was even mentioned in the movie August, [ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470679/ ]! The employees of the startup portrayed are being caught by the founder slacking off there, while the company is sinking as the dot com downhill commences. A rather good film, despite its 5,4 rating on IMDB...
His Github profile is right here: github.com/thejohnnybrown
Good point. I could have both notify@notify.startup.com and me@startup.com. That could mean I'd have two separate mail servers.

I'm mostly worried about signup/+3 day/+7 day notifications to new users from damaging the spam reputation of me@startup.com when I attempt to email important people to discuss e.g. biz dev deals.
A lot of companies still do all the processing on text files as a nightly run (particularly those companies getting once a day data files (e.g. credit card rewards processors)). Some put it in an actual database, but you can really churn through text files faster than a lot of relational databases can do their queries.

The most interesting example I saw of this was a company that had an automated process to add a header with time/date/source and check it into code control (subversion I think). The nightly batch job checked what it needed out and did all the processing including generating some control spreadsheets.
This is the same logic behind conspiracy theories: because this narration of events makes sense, it must be true.
You might have a list of top users that I could friend and get their tabs. Furthermore if I could search the users by tag and get a list of active users for that tag who I could friend, that would be beneficial. I.e. I might search for "delta blues" and see ten guys who have put up tabs using that tag. This also gives me something to do on the front page other than just registering. I like the icon. Good luck.
Maybe there aren't any...?

Anyone going to get us going with a bug you'd like to see fixed in an open source project?
Take a look at Ettercap's man page. That'll give you a nice list of making a network behave like this.
Honestly, I don't know. I mean, I think the market is for people who aren't put off by the high fidelity being somewhat limited still, or who like Balsamiq, but for some reason hate sketch graphics. I dunno.

For me personally, that isn't a selling point.
Sgi started switching to x86 for their supercomputers quite a while ago
Yep, this has happened to me. Sometimes I miss my separate search bar.
The 'browse' button for finding an avatar picture on the signup page is over-flow cut-off'd in the form's container. Firefox.
My guess is that Facebook uses separate domains to ensure their company email accounts don't end up with spam issues due to the overhead of sending out all the notifications for their users.

I've got dozens of "your friends are waiting for you on Facebook" notifications to email addresses that are not even linked on Facebook. I can see where people would mark these as spam.

Also given the less savvy end of the computer user spectrum, I can see where people will just click 'spam' as a quicker alternative to clicking delete and then 'Yes I want to delete'

Finally with the sheer volume of notifications generated, I can see where some overly sensitive mail servers may block the sending domain for too many messages.
Hehe.. check out the subtle tabs on the images posted in comment #36.
How to launch, the cheap way
I'm about to launch a project I've been working on for the last 6 months or so: Labels.io , a smart database of professionals and skills which will hopefully make hunting for both jobs and professionals a bit less boring and a bit more efficient. The project was bootstrapped so far so the "launch budget" is quite low (about $500) - how would YOU use it?

Thanks!

Octavian
Mark Cuban on Google TV and Netflix taking up 20% of traffic
Reading forums where PHP Programmers hang out and ask about other langauges is like hitting yourself on the head with a Carpenter's Hammer.
Growing as a person and improving the human condition are some of the most virtuous things that one can do. Someone doing those things should not be condemned for life because of past mistakes.

Your expressed belief seems to reflect the attitude of the current American criminal justice system, a system that is very bad at rehabilitation: it tends to turn minor offenders into hardened criminals.

Any improvement is worthy of praise. Any contribution is worthy of gratitude. Denying that to someone because past mistakes is very disingenuous. Pretending that people are static characters like some bad sitcom is short-sighted and naïve.

There is no good and evil, only people with different motives. If you've never grown up wondering where you're going to live next week or where your next meal is going to come from, then you can't understand the thinking of someone who has, and you're in no place to judge their actions.
How you market your brand doesn't make your company automagically drop out of its sector and join another just because. When you use Ubercab you don't get a beat up yellow taxi cab and a talkative taxi driver with too many stories to tell, you get a black sedan limousine with a professional, licensed, and insured limo driver (and sometimes fresh water bottles!). They comply with all the California regulations and are only available from dispatch and not from street hail.

You could argue that then they are fooling the public, and I'd certainly give you that point, by saying this is a cab service. I understand the reasons for it though, people are used to the idea that limo service is for the rich and famous, when it's not much more expensive in contrast to a cab.

So now how exactly does Taximagic avoid anything by dispatching a taxi? I'll tell you how, by sharing profit with established taxi companies. Both Taximagic and Ubercab do the exact same thing, the difference is Ubercab simply does not want to use taxi companies, and instead use limo services exclusively, not breaking any regulations by doing so.

You know what I find offensive? That the medallion industry is going after Ubercab because they want to get a piece of the pie. It's a perfect way to show the world that this is really a mob in all its glory. It's in a slightly twisted way no different than a mobster sending a payment collector to every store in the neighborhood to get protection money or drive them out of business if they don't pay up. If Ubercab doesn't win this, it's an example of how rottenly corrupt the system is.

PD: Napster and music piracy is no way similar to Ubercab and taxicabs. Pirated music did pass through Napster, but I see no taxi cabs being used by Ubercab.
I own iPod Touch and I often check my email at university (through both Safari and Mail.app). Is there any good solution for iOS devices?
"How fast you're travelling is mostly irrelevant, what matters is how hard your head hits the deck. The street surface is perpendicular to your velocity, so your head generally receives an impact no harder than if you had just fallen over while stationary."

Out on the street, there are plenty of vertical surfaces you can hit (lamp posts, trees, curb of the road, or just irregularities on the road surface)

That is why motorcyclists wear helmets, while pedestrians do not, although their center of gravity is higher than that of a motorcyclist.
You can also just put DD-WRT or Tomato on your router and use that.
I've seen some sites which figure out a way to force the user in and out of SSL for certain URLs. You might be able to implement a fix which forces SSL for the admin section and non-SSL for everything else.
> Load up dailymail.co.uk

There was your first mistake
There aren't actually a lot of open source bugs that bother me that anyone here can fix. If you go on Launchpad, for instance, you'll see that the majority of important bugs relate to hardware compatability, Flash, and WiFi firmware. [1]

However, if we can call features a bug, I would really like some better graphical frameworks for HTML5 a-la Flixel or Flashpunk for Flash. As a game developer, I would love this, even if it's simple or bare bones, as it would send me in the right direction and show me some best practices.

[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bugs?field.searchtext=...
Apple (NeXT), possibly Intuit (Mint).
Help to debug and release Debian Squeeze :)
Since when is MIPS mysterious?