skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My theory is that these blind tests are using a random sample of music, unfamiliar to the person being tested. It is not a random pop song that I care about sounding good, it is my favorite music that I have listened to 100 times. For these tracks, picking up distortions is easy and it really ruins the experience.
And thanks to Google Earth, he can faux-stalk his customers without leaving his house

Add google streetview and their latest Google Earth 6 (http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/introducing-google-ea...), it makes it even more easier to stalk people without leaving your chair.
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Two things:

1) "X is good for Y" is very much not the same thing as "X is best for Y"

2) One person having great success at something is not a pattern, and doesn't usually prove a general rule (I'm hedging with 'usually' - I can't think of a counter example but I expect someone else will :-). Common usage, while not a guarantee, is at least a good indicator of fitness - if Java were better for systems programming than C, it's likely (though of course not certain) that we would be saying 'Java is best for systems programming', and have some basis for that claim beyond the success of one person who has already demonstrated competence in the same general area (i.e. the contests previous competition wins).

The headline might better have been "Experienced programmer uses Lisp to win Google AI contest". Correlation vs causation - he didn't win because he knew Lisp, but he did use Lisp in his winning solution, and you can understand that without taking a position on Lisp itself; there are shades of fanboism in some of the comments on this thread.
What IDE do you use for your JavaScript/AJAX development?
People have really short memories for the most part...most PR disasters blow over in a week or less, really big ones maybe take months
I have never had a class on apache server, nor on keyboard and still I know how to use both, so the desire to learn is much more important than attending classes.
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I'm not a huge fan of .ly domains, the .com is much better.
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The Fourth Amendment only protects you if you aren't inside the "constitution free zone". And as it happens, about two thirds of the US population live within this zone.

See: http://www.aclu.org/national-security_technology-and-liberty... and http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/24/197215
If you're writing an application that needs to play Flash, it's an issue. But I think the browser is, by far, the most common use-case. Popular browsers have no problem with a 32-bit plugin.
and the 180 portraits, area data, graphical content, cutscenes, etc? I presume they're all free, and the other 1.8MB is just packed with random data just to upset you.

On the other hand, WP suggests that my old 1541 disk drive is only 165KB/side, needing about 6 disks (and undoubtedly, a whole lot of swapping) to load on an actual machine.

Still, beats audio tape by a wide margin :)
Ask Hn: Anyone want to split the cost of Formstack Starter plan?
I am looking to get a Formstack Starter plan, primarily for its Paypal/MailChimp/CampaignMonitor integration. The Starter plan is price at $15 per month. Right now, I think will use up 2 forms.

Ref: http://www.formstack.com/pricing.html

So I'm left with 3 unused forms, not sure if any one else have some use for these payment/mailing enabled forms. I am looking for someone to split the cost. One form for $5. All 3 forms for $10. It is not a lot saving, but every cents count.
I've got the same problem, and I am told that the problem is due to a lack of links to the pages in question. Simply being in the Sitemap is not by itself sufficient to guarantee a page appearing in Google.

So: make sure that the pages that are listed link to the ones that aren't, so some PageRank trickles down.
"Succeed or fail, you'll come out of it better off than you started."

About half of the comments I read so far have said something to this effect so far, there's only so much a man can take before he needs to speak up ;) : this is bullshit. I know many (as in, 10+) people who started a company and got utterly fucked for the next decade, maybe two, because of its failure; and all they have to show for it is a period on their CV that they have to make excuses for at any interview they go to.

Sometimes, failing can bring you valuable experiences that you can apply afterward, and only if you go into a specific direction as an employee after your business has failed. This hippy bullshit 'all is great, even if your wife leaves you, you're 100k in debt and you've spend the best decade of your life not even in an office but in a spare bedroom hunched over a desk made of an old door' needs to go and be replaced with realism: spending 5 to 10 years in abject poverty, rebuilding a life at an age where most of your peers are living a happy life with their families sucks.

The potential upside is huge, and yes if you just manage to sustain your company you've been successful, but don't make it sound like it's going to be great no matter what the outcome, because it's not.
The article calls it 'extreme brutalism'

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>with dedicated practice you could beat, say, 99% of the human population.

Exactly.

And you will still have time to practice some other field or two to beat there another 98% (or twice that) of people.

I mean that such practice leave time for other fruitful pursuits. Often they help each other, like weightlifting and programming.
I kinda like HN the way it comes by default, even on the phone screen. It loads quickly and can be easily navigated. However, I use http://searchyc.com to look up some older stuff, from time to time.
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It's rational as defined by economists i.e. nothing to do with rationality at all. Similarly, don't be fooled into believing that perfect competition is perfect or free markets are free. It's just jargon, shorthand for a bunch of assumptions about a model, almost none of which actually hold in real life but just might, if you squint the right way and bear all the caveats in mind, have some useful information to impart.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory

"The "rationality" described by rational choice theory is different from the colloquial and most philosophical uses of the word. For most people, "rationality" means "sane," "in a thoughtful clear-headed manner," or knowing and doing what's healthy in the long term. Rational choice theory uses a specific and narrower definition of "rationality" simply to mean that an individual acts as if balancing costs against benefits to arrive at action that maximizes personal advantage.[4] For example, this may involve kissing someone, cheating on a test, using cocaine, or murdering someone. In rational choice theory, all decisions, crazy or sane, are postulated as mimicking such a "rational" process."

Also, note that co-operating with the other person gives the greatest total gain (i.e. adding yours and the partners) but the greatest individual gain is when one defects and the other tries to co-operate. So betraying the other is the best possible outcome, and he knows that, and knows you know that. That's why you can't trust them to co-operate, they have no incentive to do so.
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It's also an interesting way to discourage single founders and promote 2-3 people team mentality
All of the way
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The majority of the time, when you see 32bit vs 64bit on the mac, the issue of what works and doesn't work all boils down to direct hardware access... If you are booted in 64bit, this version is useless to you, even if it runs.

Other similar example:

Transmit 3 has an extension that lets you access files on ftp servers in the finder. Doesn't work when you are in 64 bit mode since it acts as if its a hardware device.

Fitbit doesn't sync on 64 bit because the driver the use for USB->serial didn't have a 64bit driver when they made it, even though it does now, and has had for months.

These companies need to get their stuff together and at least release beta versions to see how many people are using 64 bit versions. Flash has one, but it didn't do anything better for me (and probably leaves open security holes.)
"I have heard from someone that there is a specific instance where students do not partake in an education that is optimal for every single of them" != "The education system, in at least some locations and some subjects, is indeed declining"

Just describing the current state of affairs is by definition insufficient to be able to say something about the evolution over time of the quality of said affairs.
You could always install VmWare Fusion + Windows 7 in order to remain compliant with corporate standards and security measures. Unity lets you run Windows apps seamlessly.

I would suspect that IT management is worried that once the other workers see how cool and reliable your Mac is, they'll want one too.
A shareholder takes the opposite view, layoffs can be a great thing for a companies bottom line (at least in the short term).
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Over the distance of time it is easier than the year 8 exam.
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Since a few months we have the "OV Chipcard" which requires regular users of public transport to check in / out when entering / leaving the public transport system.

On a large number of stations the tickets are only sold using electronic vending machines that do not accept cash.
correct. i would suggest java, its easier to learn..
I can clearly tell the difference between most 128kbps MP3s and CDs on my stock (bose, ugh) car stereo.
4. Become a decent programmer (this step is optional but recommended for long-term security)

Sad but true, too many people seem to get through coasting and never working on their craft. What really gets me is the lack of passion for it, I got into programming for the love of coding, money is a happy side effect. Too many I have seen don't seem to care, or are too lazy to improve.
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I had a 'mistake' in a question like that on an exam just a few weeks ago. You write 'I assume all months are 30 days' or 'I assume a full 30/31 day cycle' or whatever it is you assume at the top and you get full credit.

Additionally, I remember that most tests came with verbal instructions even as recently as when I was in primary school (well recent, 20 years ago). The teacher would dictate the questions which you'd write down on the paper; then afterward you had time to answer them. I think it's quite plausible that a similar system was used back then, especially considering the brevity of the questions. (I don't know how wide spread printing presses were back then, I know that many primary schools in Belgium in the 1980's still either didn't have them or only used them when it was 'necessary').
http://med-articles.com/?article=pernicious%20anemia

"Lack of Vitamin B12 in the Diet
People can develop pernicious anemia if they don't get enough vitamin B12 in the foods that they eat. This condition takes many years to develop because it takes time to use up the vitamin B12 already stored in the body.

Some people who are strict vegetarians can develop pernicious anemia, especially if they do not eat meat, poultry, fish, eggs, or dairy products--the best food sources of vitamin B12. |Breastfed| infants of strict vegetarian mothers can develop anemia in a short time because they don't have enough vitamin B12 stored in their bodies. They can be given vitamin B12 supplements to prevent this type of anemia.

Some people develop pernicious anemia because of a poor diet due to conditions such as alcoholism or aging."
So, 4 replies and nobody gave the answer yet ;) ?
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I think now is an appropriate time to mention "When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth": http://baens-universe.com/articles/when_sysadmins_ruled_the_...
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It beats personal bankruptcy hands down though.
I didn't say that these success stories are invalid, but I do think that they're told in a disempowering way.

The focus of the story is not "The amazing story of 20 billionaires and how they found success" but the fact that they started with nothing.

However this (and every other story I've seen like it - at least that I can remember) glosses over the true practicality of those early stages.

Larry Ellison had some odd jobs then founded a software company. My original post complains that about the "scale" of the story - because it ends at 1,000,000,000 the differences of $10,000 or even one or two million dollars sometimes that people were fortunate enough to have in order to fund their enterprise are too small to register but they're incredibly important.

Also in response to:

They only had the same resources that everyone on this board has

My guess is that the majority of people on this board aren't as poor as the people I'm referring to when I say "taunting the poor".

I don't by any means consider myself poor and I'm not complaing that I feel taunted by this, but perpetrating this rags to riches story over and over again and saying that people start "with nothing" is demoralising to the truly disempowered.

I think it would be more appropriate to tell these stories in an empowering way: where very minute practical details of day to day survival were addressed whilst telling the story of how Larry Ellison "founded a software company" after "starting with nothing" then "having odd jobs".
You were hired to engineer, so, fix things.

No one steps into their ideal work place, we all get crap and make it work. Get your house in order, demand more power, put in more hours than you're paid to, show initiative.
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Well you can always travel without a ticket. I am showing the controllers a ticket that expired on 17th November and so far nobody noticed. (of course I do have the new monthly ticket under it...)
Even in such a case, breaking the contract would make you subject to tort, rather than criminal law. Meaning you'd have to pay some form of compensation (which would have to be expressly specified in the contract), but not go to prison.
I just installed it, but my CPU load is now higher than before when watching flash video. Confusing, did I miss something?
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Not saying that it's a problem that "the simpsons did it", just that it might be interesting to see what their approach is and what can be learned from it.
That might be abrasive, but it's realistic. These changes (as always) will come gradually so that each increment is not quite so bad as to spark riots, but when viewed as a batch change over 30-50 years will be something amazing. Scanners will be the norm for all public transport, possibly private transport and potentially many public spaces over the coming decades.
VIM as well. Since you're advised to keep everything in one file, handling 5000+ lines of code requires a snappy editor.
No it won't. There's no context there.
The "cheaters" will probably have a clue at some point, but unless you are skirting the edge this is unlikely to have much effect on you.
From a european viewpoint "feet" are just as curious.
With today's music production software and some hard work, an amateur can produce music that is as well-mastered as a record label's production. Heard of OC Remix?
its still not a search
I am good with 20-25k rupees (450-550$)/month. As i said, i was a tester,I have little ruby and java knowledge. But i can also learn python if required for work.
Isn't the key difference here that all the balls in the urn exist simultaneously where as all humans who will ever live do not?
Frightening. They've officially run amok.

The only good news in all of this is that it won't be too long before they've consumed every available resource and will have to cut back on the drugs that are making them act this way.
How can I use that HTML5 player? I use Opera which supports <audio> yet still the site always tells me to install Flash.
This is a trend going through large Canadian businesses right now.

They seem to think that by outsourcing work to overseas mills that they can save money. Sales and support aside, it's the companies that are outsourcing engineering that are really hurting.
This leads to a very bad practice though, which is to cause bugs to be left laying around in production systems. You should really form the habit of analyzing such crashes, getting to the root cause of the problem and making sure that it never ever happens again.

It's good to have a system like this in place, but it should be used as an insurance policy against unknown bugs, not as a way to work around known and reproducible ones.
You forget the full-screen flash ads, with music and no X in the corner.
Could the term "search" be tested? (e.g., "we're scanning, not searching or seizing") Or perhaps "reasonable" vs "unreasonable"?
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Putting that all together, it seems your view is that musicians should not be paid for their music. They should make their money by either building a brand around themselves and then selling branded merchandise, or by selling access to live performances of their music?
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When I listen to my own tracks in the studio, and then export to 320 kbps mp3, I hear an obvious difference. But when I listen to professionally produced tracks, I can't tell a difference between 320 and 256. I think it has to do with the mastering. But it still worries me, so all my stuff is in 320 kbps mp3 or higher.
I've been using that for while as my primary HN frontpage. Can't live without it or the extension highlighting unread comments.
According to Wiki Larry founded Oracle in 1977 with his investment being mere 1400$ (even inflation adjusted that is a small number) of his own money.

He was also aged 33 at the time, which makes it the more awesome if you compare him to the many other self-made men who managed to create sizable fortunes by their early twenties.

You picked an awful example.
You are mixing up things. The audio scene standard is lame V2, which is transparent to the majority of humans (but quite low quality to audiophiles (those guys who like 320kbps bloat)).

The more popular "private" torrent sites usually offer a variety of formats and bitrates.

We can agree that the pirates usually provide better quality and more convenient formats than the industry though.
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I find it hard to reconcile the following statements:

> I am financially broke due to a serious chronic illness of my parents.

> I have a real estate which i get rent from.

> Currently i have saved up money + real estate income which will see me through atleast 2 years.

Are you sure that you are broke ?
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What your company does with its own capital is your company's business. What the mayor does with the city's taxes is everyone's business. Picking winners and losers on any grounds other than competitiveness isn't in the taxpayers' interest... or if it is, it needs to be very clearly justified.
If people ask, I'll explain why this is related to assembly language decoding, but I'll leave it as a mystery for now.

Guesses welcome!
The headline "The Age of Music Piracy Is Officially Over" really bothers me for some reason. It should be "The Age of Music Piracy Is Over According to Some Columnist".
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This is what everybody says, but I just haven't found it to be true.

I work 40 hour weeks sometimes, 20 hour weeks other times, and often go entire months not doing much at all on the startup. The ball is always moving forward though, and things are always getting better.

It really doesn't take a huge amount of effort to get your first version out the door. And it doesn't take much effort beyond that to get to the point where money is coming in. Once that happens, there's no particular reason I can think of to work 60 hour weeks, unless that is something you want to do.

Naturally, it depends on what you're building. If you're a single founder though, it pays to build something straightforward that solves problems for people with money. There's lots of things like that that need building. Build one and you'll (hopefully) find it doesn't monopolize your life.
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Sorry, English is not my first language. I meant to say that I dont have any income, and whatever income I get from rent+savings will buy food for 2 years.
Well, it's not like it actually matters. Or like sending a HTTPS link over an insecure channel like e-mail would help...
It looks very nice. A bit heavy on the FUD, though.
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Thanks, but the point is I have the same script installed on another website that has 80% pages in index...
Well, most of the advice was in their (free) book Getting Real and in its ($11.89) book Rework. From the tweets I see nothing new except that 37s logo is a guy saying hi.
That site probably has a higher PageRank.
There's something odd about this post. First of all, you'll likely find work in Java OR Python OR Ruby OR PHP OR whatever mainstream language/framework you choose. Last time I looked, developers were in demand, I presume the situation is the same for test engineers.

My advice is simple: find another job
That's some really interesting code. It kind of reminds me of the "pipes" concept posted here recently in ANI: http://code.google.com/p/anic/wiki/Tutorial
I read it via an RSS feed that makes the articles inline:

http://andrewtrusty.appspot.com/readability/feed?url=http%3A...