skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
US intelligence knew he was an Al Quaeda operative, yet allowed him to fly:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab#The_a...

Terrorist attacks increase the funding of the intel and security institutions, so they have a vested interest in them occurring (and a state willing to kill tens of thousands of civilians in Iraq to advance its objectives likely has little problem sacrificing the odd planeload of its own citizens to maintain public support for its ambitions).
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They probably acknowledged Reddit and the internet in general as much as they could without alienating someone. See, the internet is something of a stigma, especially when it comes to political events. References to the influence of the internet for some reason appear to anger conservatives, moderates, media people, donors, politicians and lobbyists. Even worse, for some reason the average TV viewer wants no part of it. I would even go so far as to allege that the influence of the web is somewhat of a taboo in our society.

I remember the early days of the Obama campaign trail, for example, were all about the 'net (mainly bloggers and social media types did a LOT for him). He even went so far as to indicate that he might be in favor of a right to privacy and a possible cutback on the free rain of big corporations on lawmaking, including the allmighty entertainment lobby that is currently writing all of our IP laws. Today, the president wouldn't come close to these issues if his life depended on it, much less acknowledge that early internet support might have been a decisive factor during the campaign.
The suite of products in question includes, among other things, remotely hosted Exchange.
Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs
I'm much more likely to get curious than angry.

So if anyone at Demand Media is reading this and wants to do an interview about your company's business practices, email me. I will keep your name/voice/identity completely private.

We can't use the interview to attack Demand Media. I'm just curious about how the company operates.

(These requests on HN have worked before. There's a 50/50% chance this will work.)
Right, I took a look:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passivrauchen

You can use Google translate: apparent estimate for Germany per year is "3.300, more than sum of dead from Asbest and illegal drugs."

It's obviously significantly less than in U.S., but I can imagine that such differences are really possible considering how health insurance functions -- in Germany all people are covered no matter how poor they are. The average quality of life (through all social strata) is certainly much higher. Or just compare the percent of people in prisons, etc, etc.
I've had distant cousin, and she was exactly like that - older than me, she was still baby at 18. I'm not sure whether she's still alive.
Whether or not the author's behavior was 'suspicious' is irrelevant. The problem is with the actions of the officer. He handled it terribly wrong. The proper approach is NOT that Law & Order routine, but friendliness, and understanding. It garners far better results than that movie cop silliness. Whether the author was a terrorist or not doesn't make the officer's incompetence any better.
I find it a bit disappointing that posts like this frequently turn into some kind of 'android vs iphone' fight. I appreciate everyone has their own favourite technologies but a comment with well reasoned analysis makes far better reading in my humble opinion.
A guide to 2010 California Ballot Props
I was inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of Hacker News to build a website to help people make decisions on the complex issue of California Ballot Propositions. I learned about yaml, mako, HTML 5, html5reset, twitter's API, facebook's APIs, Analytics, adwords, and more along the way.

Feedback is appreciated; I plan to continue to improve the site in anticipation of the next election cycle. The site also allows you to tweet or facebook your voting stances, and offers a printable voting sheet to take to the polls.
The future of K12 education?
I've been a high school social studies teacher for the past 3 years or so. I'm currently laid off and substituting, so I've been able to observe what goes on in a lot of subject areas outside of my training. I was thinking today about the potential impact of digital "textbooks" on the classroom, especially for subjects like math and reading.

A lot of students make progress in different ways and at different speeds. It would be extremely easy to tailor instruction when students are moved away from textbooks and class-wide instruction to laptop-based, small group or individual instruction.

Every student could have a laptop with (extremely) limited Internet access and simply rotate through classes staffed by teachers trained in different subjects. Students would work on web-based curriculum that meets them on their individual achievement level.

All Johnny or Suzy has to do is make progress towards showing that he/she is learning, stay on task in class, and not break anything/anyone to be moderately "successful" in school. A machine gets broken, no worries, get a new machine, all the work is web based.

Smells like the future to me.
You would think however that gunpowder would be one of the things that they'd test for, considering that if you can sneak a single round on, you could sneak several, theoretically.
The "problems" you mention are largely because we've pushed back death by a few decades without doing much about aging.

by creating more and more that live longer and longer we are sacrificing the longevity of the human race as a whole, not to mention the other life on this planet.

Neither of those assertions are clear. Arguably the opposite is true; people may end up caring about the environment a lot more if they can expect to live for centuries rather than decades.
Jeff Atwood - The Sitemap Paradox
I was inspired by the entrepreneurial spirit of Hacker News to build a website to help people make decisions on the complex issue of California Ballot Propositions. I learned about yaml, mako, HTML 5, html5reset, jquery, twitter's API, facebook's APIs, Analytics, adwords and more along the way.

Feedback is appreciated; I plan to continue to improve the site in anticipation of the next election cycle. The site also allows you to tweet or facebook your voting stances, and offers a printable voting sheet to take to the polls.
keyword: engineered.

That's how Theo run the team. Like an engineering project. Less hacking, more engineering.
Lil wayne out of jail
I'd like to see something like manpacks, but with food (not pizza-style junkfood crap, but something good and healthy like you would cook at home if you were inclined to cook).
1. If there exists a religious belief that states you should kill every United States citizen that you meet, then that religious belief is dangerous to United States citizens.

2. If a particular religious belief is dangerous to United States citizens, then it makes sense to use that religious belief as justification for preventing or controlling their entry into the United States.

3. People can make up whatever they want and call it a religion. In fact that is how many (all?) religions have been formed.

4. From 1, 2, and 3 it follows that it can in fact make sense to use a person's religious belief as justification for preventing or controlling their entry into the United States.

5. The Qu'ran can be legitimately interpreted to mean that Muslims should kill United States citizens: http://www.bloggersbase.com/politics-and-opinions/3-islam/

6. From 5, the Muslim religion is dangerous to United States citizens.

7. From 6 and 2 it follows that it makes sense for Muslim beliefs to be used as justification for preventing or controlling entry into the United States.

That being said, I still think the security guard was in the wrong. Clearly, our protagonist was not a problem, and the guard should have been able to discover that without stomping all over his rights. What's so hard about innocent until proven guilty? It ensures justice, even if the person turns out to be guilty.

This is controversial, because there are many Muslims who do not have ill intent toward United States citizens. I have good friends who are Muslim. Unfortunately, they have been raised with a religion that is potentially dangerous. Such is the problem with indoctrinating kids. I dropped the religion I was brought up with (Christianity) when I finally realized that it wasn't true and therefore shouldn't believe it. Perhaps Muslims need to do the same.

Most religions are innocuous enough that you can just let people believe what they want, and no harm done. But when leaving them to practice their religion might lead to them killing you, it's a little different.
We're bored, let's sue each other
7+- is a recognizable red herring. There is a better metaphor, but the title led me to think directly of the concept "mentally uploaded".

I visit all of the top ten listed, and twenty or more others pretty regularly, but the idea of a set of web tools makes perfect sense. When web programming for example I am intensely engaged with reference material (php.net/python.org/etc..), multilevel searches (Google/stackoverflow), analytics, hosting, with my surfing ruts, HN and others as a salt.

Similarly an R/C hobbyist might have three manufacturers sites, two forums, and 0-4 parts/sales/events/magazines/other sites depending on the level of involvement they want, but I cant imagine really using more than 10 as an amateur.

For continuous tasks, like programming/work, you need variety but as few mental leaps as possible. To answer a question about function returns takes a different form than a library tutorial for PIL, but will come up in the same context. For occasional but regular things (home, weekends), within a limited activity, you could group together a small number of loosely joined parts that satisfy your interest. With these restrictions 7 seems like a ballpark number.

Hooking up a javascript visited link hack to see what other 7 your users really use could enable you to streamline your service to their habits in some cases.
Thanks for linking those. I would have posted here as well, but I didn't want to break any shameless self promotion etiquette rules, and honestly I feel like I've hit my quota for that for one day. :)
I'm in. I've also set up a development blog where I'll be posting (almost) daily with progress reports and next steps. http://chartility.tumblr.com/
I take fundamental issue with the idea that a single metric should be sufficient to disqualify a student.

If papers and research are exemplary, I see no reason that exams should disqualify someone from obtaining a Doctorate. The bar should be somewhat higher, but not to the point that the only way you can get a PhD without passing all the exams is to win a Nobel.

I don't know how well that applies to this specific case, however.
Er, what? The title reads "Android devices outselling iOS 2:1 in the US", but that's not what the linked article claims and supports. iPhones, which is what the article talks about, are a subset of iOS devices.

According to the article, Android phones are outselling iPhones, but there is no data in the article to support the claim that all Android devices are outselling iOS as a whole. The title here on HN is incorrect.
From the article

"Her teeth, including her baby teeth, are like those of an eight-year-old. The length of the telomeres, on the other hand, corresponds to her actual age."

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

"The Hayflick limit was discovered by Leonard Hayflick in 1961,[1] at the Wistar Institute (Philadelphia), when Hayflick demonstrated that a population of normal human fetal cells in a cell culture divide between 40 and 60 times. It then enters a senescence phase (refuting the contention by Alexis Carrel that normal cells are immortal). Each mitosis shortens the telomeres on the DNA of the cell. Telomere shortening in humans eventually blocks cell division and correlates with aging. This mechanism appears to prevent genomic instability and the development of cancer."

So basically she's gonna die from cancer after the average number of years.
That doesn't mean that Android is outselling iOS, though: the title doesn't mention phones anywhere, it says "devices".
I agree, it's an unfortunate thing for the user experience.

I don't think there's an epidemic of iPad returns, though, by any means.
What is your definition of "premium"?
How do I know it's really a lady answering my question?
Instagram, the photo app for the cool kids, is taking off
For completeness, do you have a source? I'd heard the opposite, and would like to avoid misrepeating this in the future.
We have done that to some degree, but only highly targeted ads (communities specific to our CMS)
Drop something heavy on the explody end and it works much like a gun's hammer. There's no aim, but you do get ignition. Some kids used to do this for fun in one of the neighborhoods where I grew up.
The title of the link is mis-leading, it isn't Android devices, but Android handsets (smartphones) that are outselling iPhone devices (smartphones).

These statistics do not cover, iPod Touches, iPads, Android Tablets, Android TV devices etc etc etc etc. Adjust your reality filter accordingly.
And how to get in touch with you? You should put an email or something.
We? Do you have a dev?
How about the argument: "this country disrespected my religion and killed a dozen of my relatives back in the old country, and stuck my friend's cousin in Guantanamo since 2002"? Not that I'm defending terrorism: it sucks. It sucks even more when committed by my country.
Yes, but that doesn't mean they get a community of people pouring over the source code.
>But we shouldn't fight it by suspecting anyone and everyone.

Does people carrying bullets constitute everyone?

If he'd come from North America with a balaclava, copy of the hackers handbook, candy box featuring a picture of David Koresh and a bullet do you think he wouldn’t have been searched and added to a watch-list?
>there are folks trying to kill us (all of us

That's what we're told to believe, but given the propensities of those pushing this idea (who, by their own records, killed 60,000+ civilians in Iraq) I'd take the threat with a grain of salt. If terrorists want to target civilians rather than the military, my guess is they'd be going after the low hanging fruit (starting forest fires and the like).
The title is even doubly wrong. Not only does the article only talk about iPhones, it also only compares them to Android phones (not Android tablets or Android devices in general).
When Internet Companies Slip
> There's no excuse for this kind of treatment in a free country

You and I are in a fringe minority there, my friend.
Thanks for the advice. I think that is the next route for me to try..
Visualization of iOS Application States
What a coincidence, they don't show you funny cat pictures until you check out 100 ads. Didn't their site used to have content?
It is a defense-mechanism for HN. The first 20 people get to read it and alternate between facepalm-level "WTF is he thinking" and incredulous "I can't believe he is that dumb, it must be another one of his (many) trolls." The rest of us get to avoid the frustration of actually reading Dave's drivel and can enjoy the pile-on from a distance.
I'm looking for intermediate web developers. Part-time, contract basis, probably 3 to 9 months duration, but possibly longer.

Prospective candidates must:

* have code samples demonstrating adequate skill and knowledge in: Ruby, PHP, HTML, CSS, jQuery, SQL

* be very familiar with using: the shell (Linux/UNIX), SSH, git, MVC

* be able and willing to put in a minimum of 2 hours of billable work per week

* be able to touch base with me at least twice a week

Ideal candidates would:

* have experience with many of: Ramaze, AJAX, PostgreSQL, MySQL, an ORM, Google APIs, Pivotal Tracker

* be able and willing to put in 5+ hours a week

* be able to touch base with me at least once every 48 hours via IRC

The project involves a mix of technologies because we're transitioning from legacy code (PHP).

If you are interested, email me at [hnhiring.pistos aet purepistos.net] Code samples will be accepted in either tarball or URL form.

Thanks.
our lack of action on global warming

That's an odd assertion. So is the "support for Israel" assertion, given that al Qaeda kills plenty of Muslims too, who they feel aren't up to snuff. At least the Israel argument is widely repeated - but al Qaeda as climate change activists?
I hate the 'dick waving' that goes on with this stuff from either side of the aisle:

---

Apple fans (now): Quantity ensures quality. You can't have a decent AppStore without X million apps.

Android fans (now): Quality over quantity! It's better to have an AppStore with quality apps than it is to have one with a large number of apps that aren't quality!

---

Apple fans (when Android's AppStore has more apps than Apple's AppStore): Quality over quantity! It's not quantity that matters, it's the quality of the apps!

Android fans (when Android's AppStore has more apps than Apple's AppStore): Quantity over quality! Because our App store has more apps than yours it ensures that there are more quality apps!

---

Apple fans (when iPhones outsell Android phones): Android phones will never outsell iPhones. The iPhone is much more intuitive, and the 'mendicants' could never figure out an Android phone it's just too complex. Normal people will never go for a phone that has font kerning that is off by 2 pixels! Besides, just look at the iPhone sales numbers!

Android fans (when iPhones outsell Android phones): But we're not offered on enough networks yet! And our phone is more quality!

---

Apple fans (when Android phones outsell iPhones): But the iPhone is only sold from a single carrier! It's not fair to compare numbers! Besides, the iPhone is a better quality product!

Android fans (when Android phones outsell iPhones): Look at the numbers! We beat you! Nah-nah! Android phones outsell iPhones!
Women don't sense pain in the same way men do
I'm committed to launching Crate and getting our first customer in November: http://letscrate.com/. (let me know if you're interested, email in profile!)
To my eyes, this journalistic storytelling style is "feature" writing -- different from "news" style, but US newspapers have both. You'll see a form of it in NYT Magazine profile articles (http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/).
Go Ahead, Raise Your Business's Prices
Only if we want a Named-Entity Web Spider to do the right thing.
Taking your argument of the environment, if there werent so many people, then we wouldnt need to care about it. On practically every TV show about natives of a country they only take what they need from the environment around them and are careful not to pillage it. If there werent so many people there wouldnt be a need for bustling metropolises and wouldnt have the impact that they create.

My point is that if we didnt push back death we wouldnt need to do much about aging. I'm not saying we shouldnt advance as a society but IMO the vast majority of the problems of this earth are caused by people.

But thats just my misanthropic view on life.
being an assertive jerk

Being a jerk is not a precondition to being an Alpha, it is just a low-brow way to play the mating game. While it works it is crude and unrefined. Kind of what Cutty Sark is to Glenmorangy. While it gets the job done it by no means covers the nuances of refinement, it is an amateur approach at best. If you want to look at an example of what a true Alpha looks like watch a Bond film with Connery. He exemplifies a none wife beater, wearing, Camaro driving Alpha. I mean if you truly break it down is the Camaro, woman beating guy, getting the kind of girl you really want. When one breaks it down past the instant chemical brain pop of hell yes, the answers is no.

Now you don't have to be as swave as Bond but there is something that Connery exhibits well, the kind of guy women want to be around, the kind of guy that is in control, and the kind of guy that can get things done. There is nothing wrong with being this guy, they are really happy people, they don't feel like it is a chore.

The thing to remember is the like beauty the air of being the Alpha is only the ice breaker, it may get you into a 2 month relationship but like all other things it fades, other mental processes take over, things like compatibility become more important, but yes a good deal of women will become dissatisfied if you become a whinny, needy boy (you is meant in general).

The harsh reality though, is that men are more disposable, there are winners and looser and the winner takes all in the mating game. But attractiveness for men is by no means a prerequisite for being a winner.
While I see your logic and I'm sure you are spot on, it doesn't mean it's right. All of what you say is probably a good reason why companies take advantage of the government. Not saying yours does but we've all heard the crazy military purchase stories.
This just makes me sad that as a kid I never tried to order the parts for my very own jet powered helicopter.
Congrats!

Btw, I just did a random search and it was great. However, to small things: (tried posting them in the live help but it was not working well)

1) It may be nice to have a "tooltip" that explains the acronyms. Eg: I just did a random search and got back EWR, IAH, PTY, TA, etc. .. maybe if I put my mouse over that, it will show the meaning.

ii) The day/night color idea is nice, but reading the results is kinda hard for the eyes (and it contrasts too agresively with the rest of the page).
750 words
>The author was harassed, verbally abused, and treated in an entirely unprofessional manner.

Isn't this just part of the weeding out process, they're trying to provoke a reaction to establish whether you're some sort of violent fundamentalist?

Presumably the psychologist looking from the other side of the one-way glass is assessing your body language and sub-conscious expressions to establish what you're doing there, if you're simply a naive tourist or someone who should be watched or retained.
What about appscale? http://code.google.com/p/appscale/
Swype looks great too:

http://swypeinc.com/tips-tricks.html

As someone who hasn't used either method, I disagree that this 8pen system looks hard to use:

-stick your finger in the middle dot

-move it into the quadrant where you see the letter you want to type

-move your finger toward the letter you want to type and keep circling until the letter is bold.

- back to center

I hate stumbling over autocorrection and text prediction features (which I assume swipe relies on), so would definitely choose 8pen if I had to make a choice based on the demos I've just watched.
It's far simpler than that. Everyone person in a position to make a hire has potentially irrational but commonly effective "cues" they use to sniff out if a candidate is a bad idea.

Such cues would be carelessness, lack of attention to detail, poor handwriting, anything that suits the fancy of the person doing the observing really.

As someone who's doing some casual sniffing about, I do the same thing. If I see indications that the company isn't the kind of place I'd enjoy working for, I figure it's cheaper/easier for me to never even bother than to potentially get into a position that makes me unhappy.

That is, if I see a job posting rife with misspellings (not that this one was, just an example), that requires PDF/DOC resume uploading (guilty, in this case, which is surprising on HN), or that is asking for more years of experience in a language that hasn't existed that long.

(I'm looking forward to the MINIMUM 5 YEARS OF CLOJURE EXPERIENCE posts)

They tripped a wire. I gave them a chance to explain/correct/laugh-with-me. None happened, instead I trigger the hypocritical and self-righteous horde of hackerne.ws

So the employer is allowed to have standards but I am not. Yeah, I see how it is.

I'd rather start my own company than deal with people who can retain that magnitude of cognitive dissonance and remain outwardly functional.