skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The draggable copy points seem to work exactly like the iPhone version. I never said that was bad, but it definitely seems familiar.
I use Awesome3 on an old (P3-850, 128mb of RAM) laptop and it screams like the wind. It's incredibly configurable and is great for getting out of the way. Also, once you try tiling, you won't want to go back.

I also use Xmonad now and again on another old box, but that mostly runs headless.
Maybe because SparkleShare hasn't even been released yet?
HTTP support in SWI-Prolog
You make some good points. As I said, I'm not really aware first hand of their capabilities. I'll just say that I still think that if a problem exists, the solution should be solved by the market, rather than any attempt at some form of "legislation." There are things that the browser makers and software vendors can do still. The problem, I think, is no one wants to pay for their privacy, but a lot of people, I imagine, would pay to give it up.
Judge for yourself:

http://www.apple.com/itunes/charts/paid-apps/
http://www.android.com/market

Some iPhone apps that I personally use daily: Things, Beejive IM, Facebook, Twitter, Wolfram Alpha, Audible, Pulse for RSS, Tipulator, Weightbot, Nike+, Stocks (Apple's own, admittedly) and this isn't to mention the games library. If you'd like more elaboration you can email me at my handle at gmail.
wow. you will really tell me that your touch screen never, ever, becames crazy from time to time and you have to lock and unlock your nexus one so it can came back? mine happens 90% that the phone is charging and i pick it up. most of the time i have to call someone back because i couldn't even pick the call thanks to the touch screen bug.

or we have some 13 google employees here (who should be fixing those bugs instead of wasting time here :D) or your phone are really better than mine and some hundreds that complain about that. just check youtube.
Last I looked the CSS3 working draft included a hyphenate property.
The Michael Jordan approach, however, is one that is as aptly applied to entrepreneurship as it is to optimizing your abilities and success in any realm. He's created a product called Michael Jordan, and that product has proved unarguably to be a game-changer, if not an entirely new game itself.
Will it be maintainable? What happens when there's a collision and we have a pile of milk and rotting eggs stuck in the most inconvenient place possible?
I like Umberto Eco, but a lot of this is what I call "profundity by paradox". Technology goes backward as it advances! The real secret is that there is no secret! Etc.
I'm impressed, a non-rider hit almost all of the basic bullet points for safety on a bike. You have to beat that into new riders most times.
The importance of momentum
great find -- thanks!
and there are people put there with MP3 players that are not iPods. There are thousands of brands, but I cannot recall any right now.
Do you support automatic versioning like Dropbox does?

Can we set up our own "cloud" server? I assume that would be as simple as getting a server somewhere and running the software on it. Related: Do you have a CLI alongside the GUI?
> 1. The Nexus One was.

how many samsung ones are? that was my main point
Most popular use right now is installing on [usually only] two nodes, then writing a blog post about how it's going to change the world, then going back to using good 'ol MySQL etc ;)
The problem with the housing bubble wasn't that pension funds, etc, invested. The problem was everyone invested huge portions of what they had because you will never lose money when investing in housing. There should be no such illusion when investing in startups. Because of this, you would probably have a hard time finding an institutional investor that has as much of their fate tied to how well Facebook is going to do as you did with housing.

There is about 14 trillion in mortgage debt out there. 50 billion doesn't even register.
I wonder what they meant to say when they wrote this sentence "Huge quantities of diesel are burned to move food trucks—17 billion for each 25 million UK homes, which represents eight percent of all the carbon dioxide mixed into the atmosphere."

17 billion trucks for each 25 million UK homes? Wow!
Neither you or I know what Amazon knows -- that's what I meant. Neither side is telling the whole story. That's what you would have gotten if you had bothered to ask instead of telling me what I meant.
Low, middle, and high-income people alike already DO commute from outside the city. The NYC metro area has extensive and expensive transit infrastructure that is constantly expanding. Cost of construction and infrastructure increases with density in a super linear fashion.
What is fantastic and new is that these obvious things are documented and published, by people who are in a unique position to verify them.

We all know North Korea is nuts, but it's news when their BFF China calls it a spoiled child. Then China is forced to publicly acknowledge their desire for Korean unification.
I can see some potential value in applying networking principles to cargo transport (or at least, more so than they have been ).

However, transportation is a tiny portion of the cost and ecological impact of agriculture. Massive efforts to try to address merely that small fraction of costs/harm are misguided.

Not that I can't see the appeal to businesses - instead of having to pay gas taxes, etc., you get taxpayers to foot your goods transport for you. (You "own" a section of the pipe, but big deal.) Furthermore, being an established player who gets food piped straight to you gives you a huge advantage over any upstart entrant into the market, since they won't get piped to without additional spending that the public will be disinterested in supporting and that your lobbyists can torpedo.
This several-months-old article doesn't add much, but I do like this line:

Oh sure, moviemakers love hackers, the same way they love Magical Black Men and Rapping Grannies.

Maybe one day magical black men and rapping grannies will get the proper in-depth treatment which they so richly deserve.
I for one sure am not holding my breath on that one. You have any idea how much faster the batteries in your remote would die? And it'd never work, because you'd always have to re-pair it.
Thanks. I am a non-rider, but know enough riders and have read enough biker blogs to know a thing or two.

Of course, this is the guy who got on a motorbike with a bicycle helmet because it's all he had. I should learn the basics instead of high-level theory maybe...
Man, looking at that landing page, you cannot have a doubt in your mind that google has absolutely no style. Emotion is an important part of decision making too, Google!
I'm withholding my final judgment until I can play with one in person, but honestly, I kind of see the original poster's point. If you have a Nexus One, what do you get by upgrading to the S?

The Nexus One already has the 800×480 screen, the 1GHz processor (though it's an older Snapdragon instead of the newer Hummingbird SoC), the 512MB of RAM... Where's the dual-core CPU? The higher-resolution screen? The extra RAM? There's not a lot of incentive to upgrade here unless you need a curved screen or NFC.
You might want to see the comments from this thread, "Ask HN: Anyone use Prolog?" (less than a month ago):

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1912735
my point is not that the hardware allows you to access the bootloader. i said "to do a custom build with the same qualities as the google provided one"

that is still impossible and show how little google is willing to give. (and that's even after i gave them $500 for the phone and $50 for a desktop dock that they will not even let me pair it with non-nexus one bluetooth devices)
we don't support versioning in the sense of rolling back to an older version (yet). This is on our to do list. We do internal versioning for the purposes of conflict resolution though.

You can definitely setup your own "cloud" server just by running the software, but we don't have a CLI just yet. This is fairly high on the to do list though, as there's been a lot of interest in that feature!
Do you have ADHD? Caffeine—being a stimulant—can make some people with ADHD sleepy (in addition to the calming effect it has on them). There's study, that you can find on Google Scholar, about caffeine effects on people with ADHD, though it's (sadly) behind a paywall.
The Google bookstore
Screensnap Tour Of Google eBookstore
I got into the habit of doing "Yoda Conditions" in C to prevent accidental assignment from typos. To be honest, though, I can't remember the last time I typed = instead of ==.
We're talking about hardware.
Oh, that is crappy. I had assumed it was both read and write, but it is in fact read only in 2.3 according to the API docs:

Provides access to Near Field Communication (NFC) functionality, allowing applications to read NDEF message in NFC tags. A "tag" may actually be another device that appears as a tag.

Here's a summary of the classes:

NfcAdapter -
This represents the device's NFC adapter, which is your entry-point to performing NFC operations. You can acquire an instance with getDefaultAdapter().

NdefMessage -
Represents an NDEF data message, which is the standard format in which "records" carrying data are transmitted between devices and tags. Your application can receive these messages from an ACTION_TAG_DISCOVERED intent.

NdefRecord -
Represents a record, which is delivered in a NdefMessage and describes the type of data being shared and carries the data itself.

http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/package-d...
it's the general shortcoming of the site designers. they COPIED MICROSOFT MSDN website! that's enought to know it's no good :)

and that's even bad while viewing in the desktop. if you increase the font, if increase the header, to the point the header uses most of the screen space!!! how wants to see the header?!?

just don't use the header/sidebar fixed like that. it just breaks the browser scroll functionality. in every browsers.
Agreed - and even further, in the midst of a downturn, there's a huge bias against believing that any business could be making a real profit. After the sky falls, everyone turns into Chicken Little.
Hebrew Hacker News clone
Wow, thanks for your in-depth reply, with a lot of delicious mathematatics.

You're right, I don't understand New York construction projects very well. You've convinced me, there's a lot more going on here than just rent control. Thanks again!
It seems this implementation is receive only - so not nearly as cool as I thought.
Yes, I will really tell you that my touch screen has never, ever done that. I don't think my wife's has either. Perhaps there is a batch with a faulty hardware component.
I've been going nuts the last couple of months buying books from O'Reilly. It's great, I can put them on my iPad, my iPod Touch, my laptop, my desktop, whatever can read an ePub or a PDF. And no one can "recall" them. I have zero interest in any other deal as far as ebooks are concerned.
Shen (Qi III) appeal is successful
We Could Have 10 MW Wind Turbines by 2011 and 15 MW Turbines by 2020
Available invite codes are 'hn0', 'hn1', etc, till 'hn100'.

See my mistimed announcement here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1974986
It's not only browsers. Look at Word, for god's sake.
Specifically, I want to express a model in analytic terms:

x = 2y + z^2

provide a dataset of x, y, and z tuples with associated error distributions, and ask questions like "what is three-sigma confidence interval for the model given this dataset", and "what would tunable parameters a and b have to be for the most consistent account".

Ideally, it'd be able to take into account convolutions, as well.
Thanks for the post. I just had a phone call that hurt my momentum a little (at least in my head). Time to regroup :)
Americans allow this because in general it's much cheaper to buy a phone subsidized over contract. Only one carrier here (T-Mobile) provides a monthly discount for unsubsidized phones. Most people don't just have $500+ to drop when they want or need a new phone, so it's much easier for people to go on contract and spread out that cost, even if it costs more in the long run (which it usually doesn't since most networks don't make any distinction in monthly cost).

The carrier exclusivity, restrictions, and crapware are annoying, but in most cases it's not irritating enough to convince someone to pay $300 more for the same thing.
let me correct myselft on this one. in the website they have a category for "top free books". but otherwise, still a pain

how about some project guttenberg in the app search results? c'mon, you guys are an overgrow search engine :)
Data trumps algorithms
2 Questions:

Are there cases where a non-CEO founder controls the board?

What are the mechanics whereby the minority stake founder(s) control the board? Some sort of skewed voting system? If so, what sort of legal entities allow this structure?
Or use Tra, by Russ Cox (Plan 9 and Go guru). It can handle more than two machines.
I know a blog seems low priority, but it'd probably be good to do at least some kind of occasional "We are alive!" update.

I checked out the project, saw "July 22" and automatically assumed it's yet another dead project. Glad to hear it's being worked on!
Well, actual skepticism is perfectly right and proper, as it's entirely based on the demand that things really be "borne out in truth" before they're accepted as true.

Certain political movements aside, "skepticism" does not mean "adamant denial of some claim no matter what evidence is presented".
China hasn't publicly acknowledged a desire for unification. We know the same thing now as we knew 3 years ago: that there are elements in Chinese officialdom that would like an end to the horrorshow that is the DPRK, and that the military still views the DPRK as a vital buffer against the west.
We haven't had broadcast TV in our home for 10 years, and haven't had an actual TV for about 7 years. It's been Netflix and Hulu, mostly. Hulu's commercials have grown more intrusive lately, so Hulu may be on the chopping block very soon.
Ackman Says He'll Finance a Borders Bid for Barnes & Noble
The search excludes books that are not available for sale in your region, which probably includes everywhere outside the U.S.
The Bush and Obama White Houses are still producing documents at a far greater rate than any prior White House, I'm willing to guess. If anything, it'll be a difficult job because the Bush and Obama Presidential Libraries will be filled with so many dull emails between White House staff members that you'll never be able to find the interesting ones.

Anyway, the really juicy bits have always happened in face-to-face meetings.
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The economy is "dreadfully sick" mostly from the point of view of lower and middle income people. It's "so-so" for the wealthy. It's fairly good for larger companies. Public company profits are very strong for 2010 and balance sheets tend to be very solid.

Public companies have been sitting on their huge cash hoards (estimated at around $1 tril) but have recently been doing stock buybacks and increasing dividends.

More importantly, profitability is strongly up across almost every sector. Much of that is from cost cutting rather than increased sales, but companies that do a lot of business overseas have been seeing a better top line as well.

Sadly, none of this has helped the unemployment picture. Companies simply do not want to hire more people in the US for a variety of reasons. Debt loads for consumers is still very high and because the real estate market is still weak, people's most valuable asset is often a chain around their necks.

A rather mixed picture, IMO.
I beleive what you are looking for is Fril:

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

It is a lisp-y prolog that supports fuzzy relations (confidence interval for predicates).

It is not bad if fuzzy logic is your cup of tea.

Here is the reference:

http://www.enm.bris.ac.uk/ai/martin/FrilManual/index.html

Code example (from reference doc of goal set (gs) predicate):

((test a)) : (0.5 0.8)
((test b)) : (0.7 0.9)
qs ((test X) (test Y))
((test a) (test b)) : (0.25 0.64)
((test a) (test b)) : (0.35 0.72)
((test b) (test a)) : (0.35 0.72)
((test b) (test b)) : (0.49 0.81)
no (more) solutions
yes

EDIT: more examples and explanation by its author, Trevor Martin from Bristol Univ.

ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/user/ai/areas/fuzzy/com/fril/fril.txt
You beat me to it. There are a ton of different energy drinks that taste the same to me as Red Bull but it in no way has a lemon flavor. I don't even think Sprite has that much of a lemon flavor. It has always tasted more like grapefruit. Most people who have had Red Bull would know that they weren't drinking it.
To whomever downvoted this: care to say why you think this is a poor idea?
Same browser, Windows 7 Prof. 64 bit with same issues :/

The probability equation looks awful with the squishing.
Depending on how it's hedged, that's like predicting, "It will probably rain in the next quarter of a year"; a prediction over a scale that large approaches a probability of 1 under most circumstances.
What's scope abuse? Sounds like when you add features to the project and charge more without approval from your clients.

My language was vague, but I didn't mean to imply that you charge current clients more, just charge new clients more.

It struck me as odd that you'd have to tie any price increase to an increase in your costs. If Lexus wants to start charing more for their cars they don't need to think of ways to use more steel. They just charge more and justify it however their marketers think is best.

If you sell developer-hours instead of products why not just charge more per developer-hour?
Is the display itself curved or is the display cover?
That it can only happen if you are born for this?
Does anyone know if Google intends/expects to sell more of these than the N1? Or is it primarily a developer-focused device?
[video] In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen
There is no bubble. Repeat: there is no bubble. The last time there were Chicken Littles proclaiming a bubble it was about 2005-2007, and there was no bubble that time either. Yes, there was a problem later on with the housing market and with Goldman Sachs et al -- but that had absolutely nothing to do with an internet bubble.

1- it's only a handful of investments that seem excessive to outsiders

2- the investors are private and are mind-bogglingly rich

3- it's really fun to go around yelling "bubble!" to see if you can crap on someone's parade
Indeed. The reason that pressure altimeters work on airplanes is because your starting altitude is known and you calibrate the barometer at that point. As the flight progresses, you keep it updated depending on weather readings on the ground.

But I guess the phone can just get this information from the Internet. (Or it can just set itself to 29.92 if the GPS says you're above 18,000 feet!)
As well as a swappable sim card that works across multiple carriers. I bought the original nexus because I travel a lot and i didn't wanted to play the hacking game with a phone to get it to "just work" across multiple countries.
It looks very much like something is "smacking it down".

http://studentactivism.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sundays-1...

Either an algorithm or human trigger.

Are we reaching the point where the only "honest" sites are offshore and away from political influence?
Thanks; I just bought The Art of Prolog used at Amazon ($13 with shipping).
The Palm Pre had a slightly curved display, it was pretty nice I thought.
Truth that google allowed work arounds for being evil this time

I doubt this is some conspiracy between Google and the telcos. It's more of a collection of unrelated events that happened to occur around the same time. AT&T wanted more money (around iPad launch), so they capped the data plan. Apple said, "sure, OK", so AT&T didn't risk losing any customers. The other carriers noticed the lack of backlash, and here we are...
Getting US Google Books onto a UK Kindle
I have home insurance, so if my house burns down I get the cash to buy replacement books. I doubt that they'd pay out if Amazon shut down Kindle.
Ask HN: What do you wish your team chat had?
It seems to me that 37signals doesn't give Campfire the attention that their other apps get (anecdotal, but I've heard the same things from a few other people). It's also been down a lot lately (a couple of times just in the past week).

So, what do you wish you had in your team chat?
Will I choose a carrier at Best Buy, or do I have to sign up later? What if no carrier supports it and I'm stuck with the phone?
Is my disk space on used to store data for others in the p2p network?
What if I'm writing a paper on the books of Bill Bryson, I want to have In a Sunburned Country open on my MacBook, and I want to have Notes from a Small Island open on my iPhone (at the same time)?

There are legitimate reasons to have two devices logged into Google ebooks with the same account at the same time.

Video games are different. Few people play two video games at the same time.
About 7 years ago, I ditched canned shaving cream for the old-style mug/soap/brush method. Works great, and very cheap.
If the default is "don't track" then the absence of a cookie could just as well signify "do not track me"
WikiLeaks' War on Secrecy: Truth's Consequences
What do you say exactly when you call them up?

Also what happens if I find out tmobile doesn't work well in my area? Is there a return policy?
Can someone explain the power dynamics of a board, vs that of the shareholders? I always assumed that retaining a majority of shares between the founders would keep them in control of the company, but is it the case that the board has more actual power.

For instance; 2 founders hold 60% of the shares of their company collectively after a Series A. The investors hold 40% (lets ignore option pools etc). Now if each side had 2 board seats (plus a 5th seat held by a brought in CEO), does that mean the founders can in fact be outvoted?
And like many lessons, they are best - and unfortunately often - learned through experience. As an beginning rider, I was told to pretend like no one sees you, and in fact, people will try to hit you. I internalized those lessons much more after my first wipe-out.

I've watched friends and start-ups I've worked with make the same mistakes as others despite the wealth of knowledge available. I wonder why this happens. My best guess is we are all idealistic people on the inside. We have trouble with the "why" something matters unless we experience it for ourselves.
If you don't want to be tracked, the single best thing to do is to disable 3rd party cookies.
Yeah, that corporate happy face clashes with the rest of the design.
Of course there is a Trial Lawyers Lobby. They meet on alternating Thursdays at the Stonecutter's Lodge (it's BYOB).
I am not a product, I am a free man.
Julian Assange arrest warrant arrives in UK
Great idea, but it looks a lot like a parked domain page and, in my humble opinion, the stock photo has to go. Not meant to sound negative, the service is a good idea, but hire a designer! :-)
http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4045/34360.png

from a recent review by Anand:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4045/lgs-optimus-7-samsungs-fo...

Also, AMOLED will only be more efficient if you view dark screens more often than bright ones, which I don't think would be true for most web browsing.

Update: eliminated shortened urls.
no microSD expansion slot... interesting
Income is not supposed to be linear. It makes it easier to see the relationship between log(income) and life expectancy visually.
Can legitiment work be found online? Nice article/Poll