skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Google Checkout is an alternative checkout flow you can use to process sales. While Checkout is designed primarily for transactions involving tangible and digital goods, you may also process transactions for services, subscriptions, and donations (if your organization is 501c3 tax-exempt). All transactions must abide by our content policies. Google Checkout cannot be used as a person to person money transfer service at this time."

http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?answer...
Why would you think I don't think punctuality is important? I just say that it isn't an intrinsic measure of professionalism, while performance generally is. If the orchestra case you need to be on time, as to not waste someone else's time. In that case punctuality directly correlates as a rule, while in other cases it doesn't. Again I'm not saying I disagree, I'm saying you're agreeing with me but probably missed the second part of my argument. If by not being punctual you're wasting someone's time, then you're being unprofessional.
The Setup - Justin Smith
That is amazing. Canvas? If so, bravo. It's a little sluggish with Chromium on Meerkat, but I'm perfectly willing to overlook that.

Brilliant visualization.
Probably rather important to include the [RUMOR] part of the headline...
What i have heard from people is that using Google Checkout as the only option is significantly worse than using paypal as the only option. Providing the option between the two gives a marginally better conversion rate.

Check the discussion here http://www.invesp.com/blog/ecommerce/paypal-vs-google-checko...
Very inspiring - thank you. Yes, it strikes me that Ed was not squandering his time at all. He was making the absolute best possible use of his time as he amassed more and more insights and understandings that he was able to channel into his ultimate calling.
It's from a rap. Can't judge the line all by itself. It exists in the context of the rest of the lines, and the delivery.

Also, what you consider juvenile, others may just consider 'simple'. Jay-Z has frequently been criticized for his relatively simple lyrics and rhythm structure. But that's part of the reason why its so popular, AND inspirational. You don't need to sit there for a minute trying to wrap your head around it. You just get it.
An old favorite:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1730788

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1460895

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1222755

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1199117

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1063198 <- This one has comments
الريف بوكس - شركة الصباحي
You have an incredible PR battle to deal with! It is hard to call yourself Ubercab and then claim "Ubercab is not a taxi service."

While you may technically be right, it may not matter in your PR battle.
So are you versioning the env/ directory (which as I understand it is located under your project folder), or just dependencies.txt?
Blueprint 3 has a couple:

The motivation for me / was them telling me what I could not be (So Ambitious)

I'm on the practice field running two-a-days / so I don't drop the ball when it's threw my way (Off That)
2nd Article Means One Thing: First Tested Well, Generated Ad Impressions
I thought it was an OK read, thankfully light on the hagiography, although (like Gates and technology), I think Jay-Z is much more interesting as a businessman than a musician.
>There's no significant problem to solve here.

I've had to enter username/passwords in to a mobile phone in the last couple of weeks and it's painful - I can see a unified input working for that. In short I see a problem that this may be a solution to (it was also mentioned in the comments of the linked article).

Of course my mobile provider could fix that one with a better interface too (it's not a smart phone).
Node v0.3.0 (unstable version) released
I remember this being on HN last year: startup tips from Jay-Z
http://themetricsystem.rjmetrics.com/2009/12/21/top-5-startu...

Adapt to Serve Your Market
Be a Renegade
Stay in Food and Beverage
Be a Business, Man
Data is King
"of course". "Off course" is something entirely different :)
Yes, it might be useful providing a real dataset... The problem would be finding the menus and making sure prices are correct, etc. That would need to be crowdsourced, and I'm not sure that many people would be willing to participate. :)

Thanks for the feedback!
Translating poetry might be beyond Google – but we'll have fun watching it try
The layout of the keyboard doesn't really matter. The Typematrix can send the regular key-codes like any ordinary ANSI keyboard, or it can mix them up so that it acts as a Dvorak keyboard even if the OS is set up on Qwerty. But really, the layout should be set by the OS, not by the keyboard.

Personally, I use Bépo: http://bepo.fr It's a Dvorak-like layout optimized for French. It works well for English, though (far better than Qwerty, anyway). If your native language isn't English and uses Latin letters, you may want to look for a layout optimized for it.
I use twitter extensively all day long, and I still agree with Gladwell. The author of this post seems to misunderstand Gladwell's point. Of course you can make new friends and business contacts online, including via twitter, which become strong real life bonds. But can you get 6,000 of your followers to face down riot police ? Not likely. Gladwell is not talking about establishing a few dozen close contacts a year. He's talking about motivating vast numbers of people to make serious sacrifice and commitment around important issues. As it stands we can barely get enough people to vote.
Node v0.2.4 - nodejs released
I meant mixed as in blended, but I understand I could have been talking about mixing whisky with redbull so sorry for using that word. You do realize I was agreeing with you though? Single malt whisky should not be watered down by ice, but if you like it cold, use a cold glass to bring its temperature down (not my cup of tea but its a sensible choice). In contrast blended whisky (read Chivas, or Johnny black) while the flavor is ok they have very little "character" and sometimes taste better on the rocks.
I'm sure someone said something like that at Pompeii around 79 AD.
Clay Johnson's InfoVegan is quickly becoming one of my favorites: http://infovegan.com/
As someone who is learning Rails and is looking to collaborate with a partner, thank you!
> Can I click on a link into Inkscape's code repository and try it out right now?

I can select Inkscape in aptitude (or any other package manager of any other decent OS), wait a few seconds for the download, and can run it immediately.

Okay, this won't give me the latest bleeding edge version, but instead I get a mature application that is well-tested and provides more functionality than I ever needed. (in particular, more functionality than SVG-edit)

> Comparing this with a desktop app is missing the point.

You seem to imply that SVG-edit has some inherent advantage over Inkscape because it is a web application.

However, the main criterion is still: getting things done for the user, isn't it?

So yes, maybe SVG-edit will evolve more quickly due to being a web application. However, in that case it should surpass Inkscape in the near future. Only then it has proven to be better - not because it is a web application, but because it is more useful.
Makes a lot of sense. People talk about tasting the air.

I've always kind of felt like fully inhaling stuff through the mouth gives you more than just the smell. This was always just a very subjective experience though.
With all respect to people who do them, I think that those kinds of proffessions should be ultimately done by machines and technology. People are good at creativity and generating new ideas; machines are good at repetition and precision.
For those who are unfamiliar with the erlang parlance, like me: native implemented functions (NIFs). http://www.erlang.org/doc/man/erl_nif.html
That will change though with the webstore being released in a few days now. The webstore is based on google checkout, just like the android market.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore
Ubercab is not a taxi service

It's hard to read that and think of you as anything other than a liar (or perhaps an obnoxious pedant).

That's truly meant as constructive feedback.

edit: seriously. I figured it'd be better somebody tell him that on HN before he says it to a media personality without thinking of how it will be perceived by some.
My bad, didn't see OP said there was a non-compete, etc.

However, my point still stands that non-competes are rarely enforceable.
Nevertheless, we can't wish new, needed technology into existence. Sometimes it develops quickly, sometimes it doesn't.
Not a lawyer, but after a quick look at the regulations as they currently stand, I don't think they are breaking the law. They are offering an alternative to taxi service, and the service they provide doesn't appear to require the kind of permits or satisfy the conditions the SFMTA sets. Of course, I'm guessing since I haven't seen a copy of the order, and there's no record of the administrative proceedings on the public website, apart from a question at a meeting of the Taxi commission in September about whether or not the service is legal.

In any case, you shouldn't assume they've 'ignored' regulations simply because an agency has declared them not to be in compliance. Regulations are often poorly drafted or subject to conflicting interpretations; the applicability of a given regulation can also change over time because of court decisions or changes in other legislation which. Administrative orders are subject to an appeals process and judicial review, and initial determinations about what is or is not legal often turn out to have been made in error; generally, orders that mandate or forbid a given activity are placed on hold during the appeals process. It's unfair to respond as if they had simply thumbed their noses at the law just because proceedings have been initiated.
A claim means any dispute for which one party believes it is entitled to a remedy. Its not necessary that a suit have been filed.

If you're worried about ways settlement offers can potentially be used against you, remember that the rule only bars using such evidence for the purpose of proving liability. As long as its offered for some other purpose, it can be allowed in. And once a jury hears the evidence, in practice it doesn't really matter for what purpose they were told to consider it.
No, I should clarify. The env dir is not versioned, since its entire state should be in dependencies.txt. Thank you for that observation.
Thanks for your suggestions! I'll add a sub-title below the logo as you suggested. That's very good observation with the description text width, it does seem a bit wide.

I've used dark grays in place of black to balance the contrast. I personally find it more readable this way, but maybe I'm alone on this.
Awesome! Thanks :D
The "pricing pivot" that Ngmoco did do succeed
Interesting I had no idea tannin had that affect. That may also explain the effects after red wine drinking. Thank you.

However, speaking of white tea (and really most herbal tea), my understanding is that it does not contain tannin, and very low levels of caffeine (none when speaking of most herbal). If I wanted a caffeine high I would drink something else. So with white tea, I agree it's a matter of taste, but other than that, would you think steeping time matters?
http://www.thefunded.com/funds/banned

It's a list of VCs to avoid.

I wish there was a place to submit "clients from hell" (I know a few), but I can see how this could be abused too.
My issue with that quote is that, sometimes, it's worth holding on to what you have, even if people offer you a good deal at the time. Substitute "Google" with "Facebook", "Twitter", etc.
Gantto.com database error
YC startup. Couldn't find email address. Hope this is helpful.

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Absolutely wrong! Do not spend money on experiences or possessions. Try to avoid spending money altogether.
I could have used this yesterday! Ended up overbuying wine for an event. The result on your app is about how much we ended up actually using.
What surprises me most about this article is that the author was able to gain some visibility (sugarcoated or not) into this industry, in China no less.

Slaughterhouses and meat processors in the US, in particular, are notoriously opaque about their operations in a way that would make Apple's practices seem lenient by comparison.
Anyone know of a service/API that will let me ...
See image at link
Adobe has launched Project Rome, a new all-in-one content creation and publishing application targeted to consumers, small businesses, and educators.

What can you do with Rome?
Best of all, shut yourself in your room and spend the rest of your life sleeping. You'll save tons of money that way!
"Those who know don't talk and those who talk don't know"

Be careful of those who talks a lot trying to prove you that they are professionals. Professionals are generally in demand, they should be busy doing work, they don't try to higher their status because they are already rewarded. Those who sucks try to trap you with words.

Not an indicator for professionals but should be helpful to filter some.
By the way, I just checked out your site (cool idea), but there're a few typos on the main page: "Your business needs <to> be on Facebook."
Pipes is one of the best kept secrets on the web. It's great at quickly mashing up a few data sources and exposing it as a web service, with optional json/xml/kml/xxx output out of the box. Also it's totally cached so even expensive pipes run quickly after the first call.

I'd love to use this project in order to effortlessly migrate pipes to python once they get too complicated, require something pipes lacks, or become important to a business.
really? I eat 2 eggs, 2 bacon every day. hmm.
Reddit employees receive Conde benefits such as health insurance. Real estate is also taken care of.

They've also admitted that they might be able to pull a higher salary at a different company, but they're passionate about reddit.
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You mean karma in HM terms?
I think you underestimate how diverse the US is. I enjoy leaving Seattle to visit the south. To get away from the cold shoulders of the pacific northwest, and to talk with very welcoming southerners. Georgia is particularly nice to visit for this reason. I like driving across the US, getting off the major interstate and driving in the middle of butt fuck egypt to stop at a small bar or restaurant in the middle of Tennessee and getting some good barbecue. Do you know how many different styles of barbecue there are? That a memphis dry rub is completely different than the sweet stuff you get in the Carolinas, and still different yet from the stuff in Texas? I like these small differences between parts of the US. Eating hot boiled peanuts off the side of the road in Florida, eating Elk burgers in Montana, seeing the gigantic Wisconsin state fair.

When I go traveling, I like to learn about the regional differences in a few of my interests. Those things are: The outdoors, food, music, and idle chitchat. I think the US provides a lot of diversity in these things. It's weird going to a random small fry rock concert in Seattle and watching the crowd stand around and listen. The music is blaring, it's good, and the crowd is going wild, intently staring at their feet, enjoying themselves. Why do they do it? I don't know, you don't see it so much in Portland, it's just how we are in the damp, dark city of Seattle.

I could go on about the millions of delicious hamburgers I've eaten everywhere, the blues guitars, the beer and everything. But I guess I'm just trying to say the the U.S. can be fun, and you just have to get to know the people in order to notice the differences between the cities.

But, I guess that's only if you like traveling :D. Fortunately there are more experiences which don't require leaving your hometown.
Sites like these remind me of the first days of programs like MacPaint. A sign of far more capable things to come.
I publish a lot on my personal blog ( http://www.puremango.co.uk ). Other than that it's twitter, reddit and HN. I do have linkedin but I don't really use it at all.

I invite employers to read over my blog posts and my CV which I put online ( http://www.puremango.co.uk/2009/08/php-cv/ ).

That's about it really. If I don't want something associated with me, I try not to do it really...
I'm a web dev so obviously i've got a website. Its very neglected but it still ranks in google for "Edinburgh PHP Developer" which is exactly the people i'm after so its fine for now.
On mass transit, you only have to watch out for the nutters who shove people in front of oncoming trains. :)

(I'm a big fan of public transit, and use it every day. But I always look around me when the train is approaching, or get my back to the wall.)
This is an obviously wrong exaggeration and almost a straw-man argument. That kind of rhetoric is rude and should have no place in any discussion.
I have to point out that F# is licensed under the Microsoft Research Shared Source License Agreement, which isn't an approved OSI license.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/antr/vrr/vrr/l...

They had plans to change to a MS-PL (OSI approved) license but still hasn't happened after 2 years.

On a more practical side, the current license isn't bad, just obscure.
Yes, even when you consider that I can buy $1 8oz Chinese Franken Salmon at the Doller Tree, a 1/4 serving would be $.25 and 1/2 would be $.50 and thats not even including the cheese.
It's my understanding that the hour reservation specifics are basically FUD. Since when can you not call a limo service and say "I need a limo for right NOW! Do you have any?", because I'm pretty sure you can and they will send a limo your way if possible.
If you are learning jQuery, then doing AJAX with jQuery is extremely easy.

First, you have to learn how code a server side application that send JSON or XML encoded data.

Then you can load it with jquery using .ajax like so:

$.ajax({url: 'yoururl.com/script',

data: 'field1': 'myval',

success: function(data)

{

//call to server worked, json/xml has been auto

//inflated into the data object
},

error: function()

{

//the call failed, maybe a 404 or 500 error.

});

That's it! You'll want to then manipulate your DOM accordingly, such as disabling any 'buttons' setting progress status, etc.
What is the monthly payment and interest on that?
Their recipe is simple. Claim every new major web company is bullshit. If they fail say "I told you so". If they succeed say "They were just lucky."
Thanks :)

Hehe. The name has a story behind it. grep is a UNIX tool used for searching files for matching text. 42 is the "Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything". So grep42 is a search engine for searching the ultimate answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything ;) Well, maybe we'll get there someday!

I saw the page just now. It seems centered to me. What resolution are you running at?

I am working on the advance search options UI atm. It's a tricky one. Cause there's still some other things I need to figure out which could affect advanced search. However, some of the capability is already there but it comes without a UI (more here http://www.grep42.com/faqs/)

Thanks for the suggestion with spacings! I wanted to avoid images as much as possible, but seems like I'll have to settle for a logo image to incorporate the fine-tuning!
(Disclaimer: f# neophyte, reading Chris Smith's excellent Oreilly book). I think the Option type is used similarly in F# to the Option/Maybe's in scala and haskell:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd233245.aspx
I cringe every time I see something like this posted here. I know you're probably freaking out (I would be in your spot) and desperate, but asking an internet community what to do in a situation like this is like asking a guy on Chatroullette "I have a stabbing pain in my chest, what should I do?"

Do yourself a favor and ignore every piece of advice that isn't "talk to a good lawyer". Except the piece of advice that says you should ignore every piece of advice and talk to a lawyer. Or that second one.

Now my head hurts. What should I do?
For SaaS, using MS technologies requires careful cost analysis. Putting MS server software on your hardware will raise the price per system by many hundreds of dollars, double that if you are also using MS SQL Server. Even if F# is free, building a platform that relies on F# could potentially be very expensive.
Looking at your HTML Code:

- Don't pollute the global namespace

- Use Event binding instead of attribute events. Avoid inline JavaScript

- Delete comments before deploying (and compress HTML, JS, CSS)

Nice and simple design. Would like to see how this works in Chrome.
Implementing Actors on the JVM
Calm Down, Hippies: What San Francisco needs to Learn from the Valley
Automatic reflection for C++ - useful?
I wrote a system that generates C++ reflection from the export table (Windows only so far). Any class that is exported can be reflected, then functions and members can be gotten by name as a string, and called with a list of parameters. Is this useful? Or are we moving away from C++, does no-one really want this?
Perhaps they are not, but when you have those three agreements signed it becomes hell to try to compete. You shouldn't compete (even if it's not enforceable), you can't talk in any way that reflect wrongly on the other business, and off course you can't share any intellectual property obtained while in the company. I think they are pretty safe regarding competition from the snafu investor.
Good point, I stand corrected.