skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Looks like their website is already down

http://www.cookssource.com/

And angry comments keep on being posted on their Facebook page, although the ironic thing is I think you have to click "Like" to be able to comment ...
Google: Introducing the Advocate Bios and Developer Events pages
State of the mobile app industry 2010
One way of looking at it is that S4 is to map-reduce what Streambase or Coral8 are to SQL.

In the enterprise software world, this is what's called CEP - Complex Event Processing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_event_processing
It matters because he says developer needs should take precedent in a consumer product.

Most people will never care about the benefits of competition between stores, and the negative of confusion will greatly outweigh the benefits. I really, really want to stress that. It's hard for anyone here to understand, but computers are pretty damn scary for many people.

Android's app model is much better for anyone who reads HN (me included), but I don't know any non-technical Android users who have ever downloaded an app from the marketplace, let alone side-loaded one.
I dont think your first statement is true. Are magazines required to compensate their writers? I don't think that they are, it depends on the license applied to the original content. If there's no license they can only print it if Fair Use applies or copyright is reassigned.

We cannot examine the other issues when the assumptions in your first two sentences are in question.
Yes, but the cost heating that house makes is considerably less affordable.
Hah, thanks. She's actually blind, hence why her eyes are bigger than normal. But she's a beagle, so if you know beagles, you know that they couldn't care less about their eyes. It's all nose for them. On walks I have to remind her that she's about to bump right into a tree.

And that truck for an icon? It's for all the food I have to truck in to feed her. Har har.
I'm actually not trying to do that. I did all the above in the hope that it would attract only those with experience with ad tech and have an interest in it.

I posted on HN because i'm much more likely to get good advice on something like this here than i would get asking friends.
interesting. i'd like to know what users do when they encounter a error message. :)
Yepnope: a conditional JS polyfill loader
Kevin Kelly's take on the idea of simultaneous discovery. Good writing/lots of research: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/
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DDoS Attacks Aim to Censor Human Rights Groups
While initial reports indicate a lack of sophistication employed in the DDoS attacks, the subsequent results are nonetheless noteworthy, as they demonstrate that cyber aggression as a means of gaining tactical advantages in political conflicts is more than just fodder for discussions on the viability of cyberwar.
On that note, who says only two sides can play the "think of the children" card? To demonstrate otherwise, I'm going to make a third side which says that naked children aren't inherently that big a deal, and that greater harm comes from the implicit sexualization of children, and the paranoia about sexual predators that it causes. I don't really mind backscatter machines in airports; I find them funny and entertaining, if only for the vaguely Caramelldansen-like hands-above-the-head pose they had me assume last time I went through one.

What does bother me is how every time there's a sensational incident -- a terrorist attack, or someone getting kidnapped, or whatever -- people start screaming for someone in the government to DO SOMETHING!!1, and we end up spending an inordinate amount of time and resources guarding against something that happened once and isn't too likely to happen again. Smart terrorists would stay the hell away from airports; they'd get a higher marginal return on their efforts if they went for easier targets like sports stadiums or crowded subways. And if that starts happening, what are we going to do? Put backscatter machines and security guards everywhere? Completely sacrifice all privacy to assuage our fears about the most unlikely events, while neglecting the real killers, like car crashes and cancer?

So to hell with it. Go ahead and make me remove my shoes at the airport and strike a ridiculous pose in a backscatter machine; I'll just laugh it off. What worries me is the preposterous irrationality, and where it'll lead if we give it free rein for long enough. Won't somebody please think of the children?
Office for Mac Icons get Tangled
I'm impressed that people's mental inventory is so durable.
Yoda visits Rodinhood
"That's nothing." I very much disagree. "3-6 high alcohol beers" - do the math on the actual alcohol intake, on this.

The clinical def (of having a problem) is "more than two _drinks_ a day for men... more than four on a weekend binge..." or similar. The description is standardized and common.

Most people I find, who drink at the level of this fellow (something I've done, and could easily do again), are still deep in denial.

And yeah, you have to not only acknowledge your addiction, but also nail down what is about you, your genes, or your life, that drives you to seek that easy, frequent escape.
Quite possibly, but since that isn't made clear, a bit of civil disobedience seems in order to me.
Google Finance killed my weekend project
Ask HN: Can the Play! framework become Rails for Java?
I'm a CS student at the University of Edinburgh.

I have to use a lot of Java, C, Python and sometimes even Haskell. I have to use PHP at work.

I would love to spend more time learning ruby and rails. I just find my time would be better spent increasing my skills with tools I actually need to use daily as i'd only use RoR for my side project web apps.

Do you think the play! framework for java is a good alternative to rails or will it never become as popular?

http://www.playframework.org
sigh This is a subject that is dear to my heart: Until recently, I worked on the team that built the XNA Framework, Tools, and Xbox Live Indie Game ecosystem. More specifically, I primarily worked on Visual Studio integration.

Xbox Live Indie games has been an incredible, internal, uphill battle from the start. No one on any of the teams really wanted any of those restrictions, but a lot of factors were conspiring against us.

1) Legal: Indie games went into development long before Apple released the iPhone App Store. There was sooo much fear about allowing arbitrary content out there. There are also privacy concerns (think about people selling Facebook user IDs and stuff; similar things apply to Gamertags) preventing open internet access; specially considering young kids may play Xbox. Startups can "get away with stuff". Hell, Google and Apple can get away with this stuff. Microsoft can't, or simply won't.

2) Security: Full Xbox 360 titles run with full control over the box. Registered developers are trusted fully. This is in part due to simplicity, but also because games are really demanding software that want to avoid kernel call boundaries and other low level performance sucking security measures.

3) Cannibalization: Xbox Live Arcade (professional downloadable games) is big business. Leadership was terrified that people were going to systematically clone all of the best selling games. Hence silly rules like no free games and segregated Top Games listings.

4) Internal support: The XNA team is full of amazingly talented engineers. And amazingly savvy project managers. There are sooo many dependencies that go into XNA, it is simply incredible. Between the various platforms, SDKs, APIs, web services, etc. It could take two full days to just install all the stuff you need to be able to use a dev machine effectively. Such is the pain of working on a product that cross cuts about a dozen different layers of the technology stack; each layer independently written by a team larger than the entire XNA team itself. With so many partner teams, it is a miracle that Indie Games shipped at all.

5) Politics: At Microsoft, success is poisonous. If your team is talented and effective, if your product is sexy and fun -- and XNA was certainly all of these things -- then every middle manager in the entire damn company wants a piece of your action. We got re-org-ed so many times, I lost count. When XNA 1 launched on Xbox, it was a triumph. Then we spent a ton of time onboarding the latest platform, like Zune or Windows Phone, that management forced down our throats.

There is more, but this post is getting out of hand....
I wonder how someone like National Geographic does it, since they seem to have no problem publishing electronic versions. Maybe they've just automatically secured all rights? Or only used staff writers/photographers so they only publish things produced as "work for hire"?
Well, I am referring more to the Apple's mobile products. On which you cannot get an application (including your's) without Apple's consent, or without paying.
It matters because he says developer needs should take precedent in a consumer product.

Your argument would be stronger if he actually said that.
Can anyone outline how a software package would protect against this?
I used to have this problem. Just man up and cut down on your drinking significantly.

There is no magic cure, or solution or algorithm for this. This is within your self, that's why it's called self control. Start riding your bike to work. Don't give any excuses, I used to ride my bike for an hour and ride the train/bus for another hour every day. Each way.

It helps if it hurts something you care about. For example, I couldn't code after a long night of drinking, or even after a couple of beers. Since I cared about my code, I now drink maybe once a month and can control my drinking even while partying.

I also find it kind of sad how your wife seems to run some important aspects of your life. You shouldn't need her to 'regulate' you in any way. You are a self sustaining human being and should be able to function as such.
Awesome conditional polyfill loader for JS/CSS.
No. In my case, I worked for the headhunter as a consultant to a company that eventually hired me. The agency takes a percentage of the first year's salary in many of these situations. That said, I had really good luck with this agency and the recruiter himself personally. Many are scum-bags. If you find a good one, keep 'em on speed dial. You never know when you or a friend will want some help finding work.
It's a different product, but still in the hiring space.
Anyone planning to attend Google Developer Day (Munich)?
Its on 9th November (Tuesday) in Munich. HN BoF, anyone?
thanks, awesome - that's what i've been going through so far

i know javascript/DOM, was just putting this out there to dig around for any other cool resources/tools some of you might be using
Google instant search is now on the iphone
I'm not fat, but I'm about 25 pounds over my ideal weight. On average, it's where I've been my adult life. I've lost all the way down to below my ideal weight, but I keep ending up here.

My bp is currently 140/85 or around there.

Sorry about being a bit misleading on the amount consumed. I would say that if I'm drinking "regular" beers, I on average would put away 4-6 a night, but with high gravity beers it'd be between 3 and 4.
How is that people keep making the mistake of suggesting that design -- instead of bad design -- is obsolete?
!important and goto are tools in your belt. Like any tool its use should be predicated on need, and weighed against its possible trade offs and alternatives.
For the OP: is there were a website that could help you out, what would you look for? What could a web application do to help alleviate your problems?
why not? It won't affect the end product at all (especially if it's a comment), why not let them have their fun?
This has been prohibited at every place I've ever worked.
"Did your university have a strict cap on the number of undergraduates entering the CompSci program? No? Then your degree has absolutely zero leverage."

The unquestioned top 4 CS schools in the world (especially so because people can't agree on what's the 5th, 6th, etc.) are in no particular order Stanford, UC Berkeley, CMU and MIT. Of these 4, CMU is the only one I know with a cap (of 135 students). MIT has none, and if the admissions office judges that you can do the work (generally) you have a raw 1 out of 3 chance of getting accepted (each year about 3,000 of the applicants are judged so, there are not quite 1,100 slots available).

You aren't going to find too many people who both respect CS and think MIT's degree "has absolutely zero leverage".

MIT has recently changed it's curriculum; I think for the worse, but only to a very small degree might it be considered "dumbed down" (to the extent they're serious that a lot of what was in SICP/6.001 is now taught in 6.005 ... in Java...; look for discussions on Python replacing Scheme if you're interested in this). However, if you go there you'll have no trouble getting access to excellent instruction in all the topics you're interested in.
Wasn't there another YC company in the recruitment space that shut down a while back?

Oh, it was SnapTalent (I think they wrote about their experiences, too). Is the recruitment industry just a tough nut to crack?
We're going to keep the YCommonApp up for the time-being, but in the long run we think our new product will do better at matching YC (and other) companies with people who are good fits.
Paying per word would only encourage inconcise wordy waffling.
Grails and JRuby on Rails are already Rails for Java, and there are a ton of existing frameworks out there in Java for anything you can think of almost, so no, I doubt it.
A hell of a lot of interviews in there---Some smart people weighing in. Though maybe Dadich, father of the Wired iPad app, is the OPPOSITE of design that gets out of the way of the reading experience? Check out these posts for more:

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/wired-on-ipad-just-li...

http://www.subtraction.com/2010/10/27/my-ipad-magazine-stand
Also, we should keep in mind that the health effects of radiation may not be something you can linearly extrapolate to low doses, and there is evidence to suggest that they aren't.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_no-threshold_model
On the other hand breaking compatibility the way they did with Python 3 is reckless. Ask someone who has a huge code base with, say, test scripts that do 'print' a lot if they are eager to switch to Python 3.
It's not marketing speak, it's research speak. I have worked on a similar project (and will work on it again in the future), and I know exactly what they mean by those things.

General purpose: in the same way C is a "general purpose" language. It can handle arbitrary problems.

Distributed: designed to be used across multiple compute nodes.

Scalable: they've made the effort to ensure that performances increases as they increase the number of compute nodes.

Partially fault-tolerant: node failure does not mean the results of the computation are lost. "Partially," I assume, implies they can't guarantee this completely.

Continuous unbound streams of data: think sensors that are constantly sending more data. Or a stock market ticker. Or radio telescopes constantly monitoring the sky. Or a medical patient's various monitors.

The reason these terms don't resonate with you is that these type of applications - this type of programming - is something you're not familiar with.
err, not just about visas -- i don't believe i have to move 5,500 miles and 8 hours' time difference from home to succeed..
:)
For New York, I'd say the meetup community is pretty good at meeting people face-to-face.
Not necessarily. The hangover is primarily a result of the first metabolite of ethanol, acetaldehyde. Some people (predominantly, but not exclusively, Asian and American aboriginal peoples) either lack or are deficient in the ability to produce the enzyme acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. That has two major effects: it encourages hangovers; and for those lucky enough to have the ability to metabolize acetaldehyde to an opioid analogue, it triggers the physical addiction cascade at a much lower level of intake. (Which, by the way, is why Antabuse is utterly ineffective in treating bafflingly hard-core alcoholics. It works by blocking acetaldehyde dehydrogenase, allowing toxic levels to build up in the system. It may bring on near-death hangover symptoms, but it also provides the fuel for an experience not entirely unlike mainlining heroin.)
How to learn the Spanning tree protocol? Singing :-)
I suppose so, but such blatantly manipulative tactics make me feel unclean.
You'd have even better advice with > 10 and ability to provide feedback via a basic form/getsatisfaction or similar.

Usually people would just provide a site with info on how it works and a form in which they could provide you with an email address if they are interested.
Filing things away for "Later" can be terrible. Avoid that brain crack!

(Brain crack discussed here:)
http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/07/071106.html
hehe, when I searched for my language & city, only 3 results, and one of them already works in the same company I work at.

EDIT:
I actually know at least one more person at my company who uses github but he wasn't included -- guess not everyone set their locations.
Getting to QED, Part 1: Informal logic and online argumentation
Besides the fact that most of the Al Qaeda members involved in the London bombings were British citizens, if you stand out then the IRA style attacks are easier to perform. You don't have to get through airport security or pass a background check. You just go shopping. Thousands of immigrants do it without being stopped by the police.

> They weren't asking agents to directly murder random individuals or property.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles

"In 1972, the Provisional IRA killed approximately 100 soldiers, wounded 500 more and carried out approximately 1,300 bombings,[66] mostly against commercial targets which they considered "the artificial economy".[67][68] The bombing campaign killed many civilians, notably on Bloody Friday on 21 July, when 22 bombs were set off in the centre of Belfast killing seven civilians and two soldiers. "

But otherwise I agree. The level of competence of Al Qaeda recruits is laughable in comparison to PIRA. Which is exactly my point - we've survived far worse, why are we giving up so much of what we stand for for protection from such incompetent terrorists?
Just to be clear, our company isn't shutting down, we're just turning off our initial product so we can focus on a new product we're working on that we think has bigger potential.
"What actually repulses us is distraction, not design." True words.
I agree with a lot of the things mentioned except going back to $19.95 and building a forum will take a considerable amount of time.

a.)because a lot of kindle books are sold at $9.99, if you use a familiar and low price students will think less about the price and more about the content.

b.)People will think 19,95 is too much for a 29 page book.

c.)adding a forum will add to the amount of time you'll spend answering questions. If the forum is not managed properly it will leave a very bad impression. Stay with FAQ section and prompt email reply until profits and time justify adding a forum.
I don't because a lot of times they have used code written by other people. It opens you to suits for stolen producer credits etc...

People are shifty.

I think I'd be pretty upset if I found someone had slapped their name on my code and then put it on a web site like CNN. It looks like CNN doesn't allow any comments with names at all, I looked through their source files...

I'd like to find out if there's a Federal policy on names in code for Government websites....
> Whose data?
Anyone's data that you can stuff into the system:
"The drivers to read from and write to the platform can be implemented in any language making it possible to integrate with legacy data sources and systems."

> Is it a service?
No, it's a platform. You could turn it into a Platform-as-a-Service, like Amazon does with various technologies.
"S4 is a ... platform"

> What could it do for me (in simple terms)? What's a basic use case?
My first thought would be real-time trending calculations. You have a massive, never-ending stream of data...how do you extract real-time insights from that?

> Why do people assume that we can mind-read?
Perhaps because after being immersed in a project for a long time, it's easy to forget what is obvious to you, but non-obvious to others.
Georgia Approves Constitutional Amendment Expanding Noncompete Enforceability
I think what's interesting about this article is not the whole "Netflix will destroy the Internet" scenario, but the numbers about the relative size of Netflix vs. Bittorrent traffic (which is generally, though incorrectly, presumed to consist of pirated video). It certainly sheds a new light on what companies like Comcast have been shouting for so long about Bittorrent traffic. Even more interesting, from a business perspective, is that paid content can apparently overtake (supposedly) pirated content in no time.
With respect to this, I think that people are jealous of youth, which is why the generation that has it catches all the flak. Youth and Freedom travel together. Looking at youth from the other side of marriage, job, mortgage, kids only amplifies the jealousy for that freedom we've long given up (and in my case, I would give up again, but still the calling of freedom is there).
Just to clarify, we're shifting focus to a new product (also in the hiring space), not shutting down.
Check out if there's a Hackspace or something nearby (c.f: Copenhagen's is Labitat, which has weekly hackathons and that sort of thing)
Ask HN: How to get ideas from people
So, we are supposed to "get out of the building", ask real people what their problems are, and find a technological solution. Easy. Except...

Concretely, how do you go about "asking people"? Let's say you have an interest in travels, do you go to a travel agency asking if they want to talk to you about their problems? You ask boring work questions to strangers at a party?

Also, what kind of questions do you ask? I tried to ask people I know the question: "so what's frustrating you at your job?". But it's often quite hard for them to point out inefficiencies. How can you facilitate the process?
Why do Scientists Dance?
Ask HN: Good Podcasts for learning?
Hello all,

I'd like to know what your favorite podcasts are for learning? Any topics are welcome. Thanks.
One very early system was the Symbolics S-Graphics suite, which came out sometime in 1984. Its main strength was 3d graphics (actually either it or Wavefront was the first commercially sold 3d graphics system), but the Lisp Machine versions also came with 2d paint. When Symbolics went out of business the code was acquired by a Japanese company (Nichimen) and ported to Allegro Common Lisp on Irix and Windows NT (and later Linux) and sold branded as "Mirai" as a 3d graphics application (although the 2d paint part was still there in the form of an integrated texture painting tool).

Here's some scans of an early S-Graphics sales brochure: http://www.lemonodor.com/archives/000256.html

Unfortunately the company basically folded sometime in 2003-2004ish timeframe - the last work done on Mirai as far as I know was on contract for Weta for Lord of the Rings (Mirai was used to animate Gollum's face; there's an interesting article about it on AWN: http://www.awn.com/articles/technology/two-towers-face-face-...). You can still buy a copy, but it's not under active development: http://www.izware.com/mirai/ (the texture painting tool is pretty cool: http://www.izware.com/mirai/paint.htm). When I have a spare million I'd like to buy the rights and release it as Free Software.
Metasploit and SCADA Exploits: Dawn of a New Era?
Part of what makes Rails so popular is Ruby itself, and this is not by accident. Although Play! may implement many of the features of Rails, the expressiveness of Ruby is what makes Rails tick.

Just my 2 cents.