skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I hope the down-voters are right. I'm skeptical that they are.
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Apple and these users deserve each other...
I believe the common arguments is that memristors are more similar two neurons in that they cna be used for processing as well as storage.
Not that it's a good argument, the fact that we need more kinds of pieces was never an obstacle.
We just need to recognize the difference between harassment and offensive.

I was not there, and I do not know if it was done in the spirit of things--had the conference been in Miami in August, bathing suit clad models wouldn't be terribly out of context--but if pressed to decide whether the presenter acted criminally or in bad taste, I'll err on the bad taste side.

Having said that, and having been to many conferences, and having had large staffs, I can say that I've seen both offensive behavior and harassment proper. I'm not a lawyer, and I've never been an HR professional, but my experience dealing with both tells me this specific situation would not have escalated. Perhaps poor judgement (context considered), but certainly not harassment.
Yeah, it clearly didn't work for Groupon.
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I think that he meant to say that V8 wasn't designed for long running processes like servers. In the browser it starts up, executes some code and then shuts down. Keep state around for a long time tends to lead to issues that take time to find / fix.
This is why I've started to come to NH more
Hopefully this brings Kickstarter & garage-scale entrepreneurship to the mainstream.
I definitely disagree with this. I cannot see how women can be both things to be protected, and be taken as seriously as their male peers.
Awesome! If you wanted to tick them both off in one go, I totally think you could do it... ;)

Here's the company organizing my marathon:
http://www.icemarathon.com/
This whole hoopla about AI using memristors seems misguided to me. Memristors are interesting because they can more efficiently do things that currently require collections of transisters and capacitors, but they don't have any particular advantage in AI.

Uh, the argument that is being made is that moving memory and processing power much closer together allows a much more direct simulation of brain-like functions. Do you any counter-argument to this?

Yes, of course it's a "consequence of performance improvements", that's always the reason for advances due to new hardware. It seems a memristor could act directly as a cellular automaton or conventional AI neural network so these would not be the awkward simulations that they are today. It plausible that this could result in notable advances. If you don't agree, perhaps you could say why.
What's with the Mac doomsayers?
Strippers are of course ridiculous to have at a conference. I can't even begin to imagine how anyone could think that it's a good idea.

However, read the proposed policy: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/index.php?title=Conference_ant...

> We do not tolerate harassment of conference participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery is not appropriate for any conference venue, including talks. Conference participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the conference [without a refund] at the discretion of the conference organizers.

Sexual language is forbidden. I think we can agree that this too, is ridiculous.
See: amazon's pricing structure and constant discount from MSRP.
Zynga to IPO in the spring? (leaked Techcrunch image)
I'm using ServerGrid.com. It's a great service for sending mass email programmatically.
I don't know many non-developers using Android that have ever downloaded an application, let alone set up their email.

I don't know many non-developers using iOS that don't have a favorite app.

But yes, I am seeing a ton of people getting Android phones because it's what the salesman's hawking. Preference in this situation is tantamount to just straight up object-lust. Those who make do are probably better off than the rest of us arguing constantly about superiority.
Cancer 'is purely man-made' say scientists
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I love the natural style of page conversation on the example page. As a Java developer, I wish that this style were possible on the servlet platform:

local login_page = Tir.view("login.html")
local login_form = Tir.form { 'login_name', 'password'}

local function login(web, req)
local params = login_form:parse(req)

repeat
params = web:prompt(login_page {form=params, logged_in=false})
until login_form:valid(params)

return web:redirect('/')
end

Tir.start {route='/Login', main=login}

Also, +1 to this: "the framework creator shouldn't be shoving stateful/stateless dogma in your face".
From a certain economic standpoint, the US economy actually has discounted itself over the past few years, possibly permanently.

How? In the years leading up to it, we'd been enjoying a nice steady 5% increase per year in the total amount money changing hands (NGDP) each year of before the recession hit. When that happend, economic growth and inflation both stagnated, and since GDP is calculated by subtracting inflation from NGDP. We've seen the economy fall 10 percentage points below trend over the last three years. So compared to what we would have expected in 2007, we actually are about 10% off.

Permanently? This is debatable, from what I've seen, countries don't usually catch up to pre-recession trendlines after a recovery, but it could certainly happen.
What about the squatters who would make their own keys in the initial rush? There would have to be a central authority to bootstrap this. After the initial bootstrap, the free market could take over. (I'd trust Google or Amazon with this, especially if they knew users could switch over to a competitor if they were P.O.'d)
"Sorry you are going to need more than a ruby newbie for this one."

I would say you need someone with experience scaling web applications, not someone who's an expert in a particular language.

I doubt Matz himself would have been much help to Twitter in scaling.
I would never work for Jason Calacanis - There, I said it
Opt-in email marketing provides the highest ROI and conversion rate of any online marketing method.
Twitter and Facebook may be cool, but the guys sending emails to their lists control the message and are the ones making the big bucks.
This thread is the first time I've seen people consider these programming puzzles primarily as a test of memorization. The question is whether candidates can find a reasonable solution; it's a failure of the test if they already have seen the puzzle. Do people think nobody could possibly solve this puzzle on their own?
What everyone isn't getting about Wikileaks
Er, s/NH/HN/ ??
> the next closest thing to an Ivy League school.

Most people would agree that Stanford is better than many of the Ivy schools.

[No, I did not go to Stanford]
I highly doubt that, outside of people living in the Valley.
They got me to subscribe precisely because every link I've ever followed to there from HN has been a well-written, engaging article.
The point is that by making it seem as though being rejected by YC is a valid reason to start looking for a job misses out on the fact that YC is limiting the number of applicants that they will accept for a particular batch.

You could be very good, very viable and succeed with or without YC funding (because, for instance you could get funding elsewhere or because you bootstrap your way in to a success). Without YC spending a lot more time on their rejection emails (and I agree that their current rejection letters are as good as they could be without opening the door to a lot of discussion) you can not know what their reason was, and especially the more viable ones might be hit at a time when they are vulnerable (just after being rejected).

Job postings should be level headed and not single out people that have just been kicked in the nuts at a moment when they're vulnerable by targeting them directly.

That's putting the other party at a significant disadvantage.
Not shooting down his idea... but "I haven’t read a single piece of actual economic data to support this, I have taken half of one economics class and read a little on Wikipedia in my entire life" reminded me of this [1].

Nothing as dangerous as a little bit of domain knowledge. In fact, this is the thing we tend to rip our hair out about whenever politicians come in and make up 'rules' about technology with the slightest bit of knowledge to lead them totally off the wrong track.

[1] http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/09.html
She posted it on her blog.
Angela Merkel warned that Germany could abandon the euro
"Shouldn't diplomatic staff be able to send back accurate assessments of political figures in countries where the US has interests? If internal comms are sanitised for potential public exposure, who benefits?"

I can't help but think how nice it'd be if all the taxpayer funded diplomats could hold their heads high and say "Yes, what Wikileaks just published was my professional communication as a trained diplomat. the opinions expressed were my opinions and I stand behind them."

There are times when I may have turned to a coworker and said "this client is STUPID!", but in any written correspondence that would have come out as "there seems to be a misunderstanding on their part" or "perhaps we need to be dealing with someone at the client with a higher level of technical understanding", surely that sort of diplomatic communications is what diplomats are trained and paid to do?
Develop iOS apps using an iPhone/iPad (with code)
once you enter the mode of acquiring your way into new products, it's hard to shake it

If you've been following Google, then you know they are no stranger to acquiring existing products. And as far as I can tell, their business isn't going down the tubes.
Very cool. I was just looking for other Seaside-style web frameworks today. The "natural style" mode in Tir is just like the main way to build web apps in Seaside.

Aside from Lua and Smalltalk, what other languages could host this kind of framework? I know Ruby 1.9 has Wee, but that doesn't seem to be "ready for prime time."
Humans take up more than the physical space required by their bodies. All the life support systems end up being considerably larger (and more importantly, heavier) than just the meat payload.
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This is right on the heels of Netflix announcing that their app would only be available on a subset of the Android handsets (dependent on the carrier) due to no built-in DRM.

So maybe Netflix will be getting their wish of a built-in DRM after all.
The reason I'm so excited about this is that it exports objective-C right into Xcode.
It might lead to innovations, but his lack of experience will be equally likely to lead him to make mistakes that other rogue-likes found and fixed years ago, especially in areas of game balance.

The classes in Nethack have been refined many years to be distinct, but equal. That is, each of the classes has distinct strengths and weaknesses, but the sum of the strengths and weaknesses is still roughly the same for every character. This means that there is no "ideal" character for beating the game - the ideal character depends on one's play style and the phase of the game one is in.

For example, consider the barbarian class and the wizard class. The barbarian class is great for hack-and-slash players, and is extremely strong early in the game. However, high initial strength and lack of intelligence means that the barbarian peaks early, and is at a disadvantage later on, when ranged and magic attacks become more prevalent.

The wizard, on the other hand, is quite weak at the beginning. He starts out with few supplies, no armor, and limited magic. However, his ability to learn new spells and increased skill with thrown weapons means that the wizard becomes quite a powerful character later on, surpassing the barbarian in most cases.

These sorts of dichotomies are the sort of thing that really make games like Nethack enjoyable. By ignoring previous works in the genre, this person avoids mistakes, but also avoids a lot of the richness that adds to the depth and replayability of his games.
What does Mark Dickinson mean in http://bugs.python.org/issue10562#msg122672 when he says

'j' for *a* (not *the* </pedantry>) square root of -1 has...
I've always liked the way flarp looks (https://github.com/mikecrittenden/flarp-gedit) . It's light on dark, but using colors that are easier on the eyes than plain white-on-black. There's a screenshot of it here: http://mikethecoder.com/post/861539191/flarp-a-gedit-color-s...
How to get your users to translate your Rails site for you.
Naturally--one takes a vitamin every day, but a painkiller only when in pain.
A nice trip to kuler would probably spruce it up a bit (for new users). I've always liked the idleFingers theme for Textmate.

I think one of the reasons your theme works so well is that it's not so high-contrast, which is better for the reflective qualities of print, and less for the luminous properties of a giant matrix of glowing dots.
For all that the US News rankings methodology is basically crap, they often do reflect something close to conventional wisdom. Stanford is 5th, with four Ivy above and four below.

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/...
Being the lone developer at an small frontend-y design shop, we haven’t really needed a version control system, FTP suits our needs pretty well. Sure you can play Git by yourself, but its boring and unfulfilling. Git is really better when at least 2 people are involved. /innuendo

I couldn't disagree more.
I see it more as "If Comcast doesn't connect these ports to us, we're just going to have to send the traffic either through our existing congested ports or Tata's congested ports, which is worse for everyone". It's really not clear to me what the right solution to this is.
While companies set prices, they don't set the market price. Here's a crude microeconomic explanation for you:

When a market is in equilibrium, suppliers are selling enough of a product to satisfy demand. The product's price is a result of the market's supply and demand functions, and in equilibrium these two functions intersect. Easy so far.

Let's assume, for simplicity, that our market is perfectly competitive. If a firm tries to increase prices, we'll shift left along the demand curve; since all demand curves slope downward[1], a higher price means less demand. So companies are charging more, but they're selling less product. This is bad for both parties: consumers don't like higher prices, but companies don't like unsold units either.

Basically: companies can't just raise prices forever. They'll meet consumer resistance.

Also, this article is really off-topic for HN.

[1] Hotly-contested issue in economics. There are some rare occasions where demand curves slope upward (i.e. consumers buy more of something if it's more expensive). These are called "luxury goods." Think of designer handbags.
Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1884528

Having said that, it only got one comment last time, so maybe it will do better this time.

Then again ...
RIM buys Swedish firm TAT to improve screen design
Angela Merkel warned that Germany could abandon the euro

"Angela Merkel at the EU summit on 28 October. According to witnesses, during an discussion with the Greek prime minister at dinner, she said: "If this is the sort of club the euro is becoming, perhaps Germany should leave."

"The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has warned for the first time that her country could abandon the euro if she fails in her contested campaign to establish a new regime for the single currency, the Guardian has learned."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/03/angela-merkel-ge...
“He forgot there was a number lower than one percent.”

http://sivers.org/1pct
Care to list some decent ones? I'd be interested, but haven't looked for them much.
I'm also doing a data visualization startup (link in profile). What's yours? Email me if you care to chat.
Ask HN: What happens if I have a nervous breakdown?
This is a toss-able account.

I think I'm having a nervous breakdown. I'm a start-up CTO in a small company acting as the free electron ( http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2005/03/20/free_electron.html ).

And, i just can't find the motivation or interest anymore to do anything.

I've been told that everyone is replaceable, yet I don't think I am. Nor do I feel this has been a good leadership point of view. I would rather feel irreplaceable and given a fairer shake of the deal rather than have to accept the money holders point of view. I'm very tempted to just say, "well, I am apparently replaceable, so I'll let you try".

I feel like I should work harder to change the culture, but I feel like it just isn't worth the battle any more.

I feel like if I leave, the company will become toxic to engineers and it will be one of those companies that good talent will try to avoid.

I have friends in the company, but I'm just feeling like life is just too fucking short to deal with certain types of people. I want to get my friends out.

I think I should apply to Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. If anything, to get a market valuation of my skill set. But, maybe just get a better job so I can build up a war-chest and be the guy with money.

I've been in the bathtub now for ten hours...
I think this is a false dichotomy. Women are, generally, weaker than their male peers. That's not sexist, or discriminatory, it's how things are and (on a biological basis) probably how they will be for some time. To fail to acknowledge that, or pretend that the sexes are equals on all levels, is not only ignorant but in my opinion harmful to the progress of "equality".

It is perfectly possible to regard someone as physically weaker, but intellectually equal or superior. If I'm making a decision on whether I'm "taking someone seriously", physical strength isn't going to factor into that in many situations. In the context of FOSS conferences, their physical stature is completely orthogonal to whether I give a damn.

From here I only need make the assumption that those physically weaker than their peers may need assistance sometimes, and we're basically there. Of course, I would not assert that all women need assistance, or that some women need assistance all the time - I know some girls that play rugby and I'd wager they could beat 95% of HN readers in a showdown.

However the fact remains that many people believe that stronger people have a duty to protect weaker people, that many women are weaker than many men, and (importantly) that women are being targeted because they are women. I for one am going to step in if I see any shenanigans, because I am a man.

Note on male camaraderie and bravado: I'm not sure whether it is constructive, de-constructive or neither for men to place themselves as protectors and aspire to such ideals as "be a man" and "man up", but in situations like this such phrases serve as good motivators to get people to do the right thing, so unless I find evidence of such phrasing being harmful, I think it's a useful tool to inspire decent behaviour.
That's absolutely true, but what if, at the end of the day: L3 walked up to Comcast and said, "please give us 20+ additional ports for free", and what everyone is up in arms about is that Comcast said "no, not for free we won't". They're Comcast's ports!
In terms of patentability and profits too?
Prediction: Chrome gets DRM'ed WebM support and YouTube starts streaming Hollywood movies.
People keep saying this, but I cannot find proof. The best I can find is a regulatory advisory:
http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAdvisor...
"Doing actions contrary to the welfare of a national state doesn't automatically amount to a benefit for anti-nationalists."

I don't know if you've seen this already, but this summarizes Assange's views well: http://zunguzungu.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/julian-assange-an...

"I'm opposed to nationalism and don't see any short or long-term benefits for me, here."

I see a lot of potential benefits for people currently being murdered in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"On the contrary, there are serious questions to be asked about what this will do to things that actively help nations to work together, such as diplomatic backchannels."

Nations working together towards what? The whole point is that nations work together for the benefit of those governing them. The only reason you and I aren't property of god-kings at this point in history is because in the past people have resisted tribal/nationalist/statist power.

"As for 1959, your answer's a little fine in its splitting of the hair -- the KGB went after plenty in its time, including assisting in the bizarre murder of Markov, and the "suicide" of Shevchenko's wife. There were also the many sentenced to death that had to be hidden by the CIA. Lets not start on the Stasi, either."

Do you think Africa is a country? How is it splitting hairs to be aware that "Eastern Europe" isn't a single place?

"If your point was that tyrannies don't murder their citizens for treason, you'll have a tough sell."

Every country punishes its citizens for treason. Assange isn't a citizen of the United States. Bradley Manning is.
> Even you writing your own code to ship specifically detuned events to MixPanel makes me somewhat uneasy.

Why this, specifically?
Did someone tell TechCrunch that Stanford isn't Ivy League?
Perhaps Level 3 should have let the existing ports congest and waited for Comcast to ask for more capacity. It seems like Level 3 is being penalized for trying to proactively expand bandwidth capacity to meet anticipated demand.
I'm sorry, what? How does an economy "discount" itself? I don't think I follow your point here.

I mean sure, this recession has negatively shocked our economy. By definition, that's a "permanent" change in GDP. Just like how a positive shock (i.e. the dot-com boom) "permanently" changed GDP.
But the key is that they are your asshole customers.

It's one thing to say, "this app is not for me unless it has feature X." Or, "I just bought your app, but it kills me that I can't do X." It's entirely different to go pirate and use it anyway when feature X is lacking. I agree with the author that such a person is not worth pursuing as a customer.
So was I, once upon a time...
You have some solid competition in this space: http://www.tableausoftware.com/
Chrome event confirmed by Google for December 7th -- Engadget
That's the money quote of the whole article.

The Vitamins business is big, true, but absolutely dwarfed by the pharmaceutical industry.

You don't need salesmen, multi-level marketing or flashy advertising to sell aspirin. The only aspirin advertising is between different aspirin brands, not to convince people they need it at all. Take one, headache goes away. It's a binary test = it either works or it doesn't. That's how to build a simple business that sells. Your software should be an aspirin not a multi-vitamin. It should be self-evident on the first try how it solves a headache.

I've driven in my car late at night to out-of-the-way shops to buy aspirin. I've never bought a vitamin in my life.
Google Buys On Demand Video Service Widevine To Bolster Its Own TV Efforts
Question: I want to donate and give the do-something-in-antarctica option as a gift (preferably anonymously), is there any way to make that happen?
Here's the blog link: http://blog.arc90.com/2010/08/02/readability-updated-to-supp....
I will create a stunning HD title intro video for $8