skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"On the up side, you don’t ever have to manage indexes; Couch is smart enough to determine these for you."
and
"In place of the familiar queries, Couch supports the definition of Views."

Views aren't really synonymous with queries; they're conceptually closer to indexes: They rearrange the data in such a way that allows certain types of queries to be fast.

So in reality, you are forced to manage your indexes (views) in CouchDB.
Pick up phone; call people. It sounds like you need to do more customer development and work out your sales processes, but in the mean time there is no reason why you aren't devoting serious time to calling people.
i doubt the attackers care what wikileaks disseminates, except insofar as it makes them a high profile target.
I don't think any nation's leadership would remain friendly if they were hurt by leaks. I don't think someone like Assange can be politically neutral and just release any leaked information. People who leak the information are political, the slant on the story is political (as many here criticized WikiLeaks for how they handled the helicopter attack on civilians in Iraq), how reporters prioritize stories is political. For example, staying focused on prioritizing women's equal rights in Iran over some nations efforts to overthrow Iran's government may be more motivated in destabilizing Iran than women's rights. If you factor Iran has more women in college than men and it took the U.S. until the 60's to match Iran and Iran's revolution was in the 70s, then I don't think the U.S. can be one to criticize and claim they are more progressive with women's rights.

Edit: Mistake about the 60's being when U.S. women grads surpass men. I think that is more recent in the U.S., like this decade.
The advantage that I'm offering is a jQuery-like environment and I provide a JSON version of the HTML after it has gone through a rigorous normalization process.

For now, I'm writing the extractors to test it out in the field. Eventually, I'll open up the RESTful service which enables developers to parse one page at a time (or multiple up to a request limit).

After that, I'll open up the crawler which can crawl an entire web site.
Millionaires Per Household - Broken Down By State - 2006 to 2010
SELECT username, MAX(one_year) AS price_target FROM guesses GROUP BY ticker;

A cunning strategy to discover Mary Meeker's HN account name.
Why Superangels are a Godsend for Entrepreneurs
Hi, I’m Allen. I’m an employee at BankSimple.

We think that’s great.

In the past, we’ve shown animosity toward banks without too much distinction. In retrospect, this might’ve been a mistake. Hopefully, we’re a refuge for resentful and puzzled customers of a certain subset of national banks rather than a competitor to a non-profit credit union. We wholly realize the necessary and worthy function that credits unions fulfill that neither we nor any national bank could accomplish. While we realize we might not be the right fit for some customers, we believe we’ll be a worthwhile alternative for many others.

Lastly, I’ve personally spent a significant amount of time thinking about ways in which BankSimple and other financial service startups could further bolster credit union adoption and satisfaction to better pursue their mission (e.g. opening financial research to nonprofits and academics or technology sharing). I’d love to hear from anyone who has thoughts on this.
I just opened a checking account with Schwab (and the requisite brokerage account that goes along with it). As I was registering the account online, the web system threw an error, and I couldn't finish.

The next day I got a voicemail from one of their operators inquiring about my account with a number to call him back. The number went straight to him, and my account was straightened out in a few minutes. They also sent me checks, something I had never bothered paying for with my account at Chase.

And I haven't even put any money in the account yet. So far I'm very impressed.
Having seen the sheer amount of tools listed by HN readers in other threads, and understandably so, I doubt many people here would want to (or be able to) use it for their daily work.

Until 280 North take over the world, that is.
are you planning on removing blank entries (those set at 0.00). i, for one, only filled out predictions who i actively follow in the market to keep "uneducated" data from entering your prediction. maybe a good strategy would be to remove the lower and upper ends of the curve as well...
I'm still not convinced of the point of chrome os. I mean, isn't android pretty much already what chrome os is meant to be?
Unless it has changed recently, Gmail ignores the dots anyway. So if you find a form that wont validate your john.smith@gmail.com, you can use johnsmith@gmail.com and still receive it.
I'm right here!
Magnetizing technique
"You don't believe that a sufficiently intelligent computer system can coordinate to reduce overuse of lines? I.e., deliver line X to 10,000 geographically separated people?"

Pickup tricks are like financial arbitrage. Once enough people learn about what works and do it, it stops working.

I'm not saying that this idea won't make money (like I said, Mystery seems to have done well for himself selling advice), I'm saying it likely won't accomplish its stated goal of getting you laid more often by giving you the "winning" pick-up lines. Any effect is more likely than not going to come through playing the numbers game.

"As for dating/pickup, I don't believe it's zero sum. It's not a competition for a fixed set of prizes, i.e. 5 girls at the bar, all of whom will go home with someone."

It is in that no one wants to make a bad choice. People (at least girls) would rather not sleep with anyone than sleep with someone who is relatively less attractive than the possible alternatives. It's the paradox of choice.

"I have it on good authority (read: "spreadsheet pickup guy", who's name I'm hiding for obvious reasons) that this is false, and conversion rates can vary 20-30% (sometimes more) based on approach and profile."

Obviously there are some things you can do that will turn a girl off less than others. But how does that negate my point? Girls will sleep with guys they think are hot even if they don't think those guys are particularly intelligent or humorous.
That's why I use Bugmenot: http://www.bugmenot.com/view/scribd.com
Both are great platforms. Heroku has a lower bar of entry in terms of cost, however EY gives you much more control over your server. I feel like my hands are tied w/ Heroku always having to go thru the gem to do anything (i.e - just let me SSH into the instance...)
It does not matter where you go to college.
This bank "overlay" concept appears to be very similar to what SmartyPig (http://www.smartypig.com) has been doing for a couple years. The revenue model is slightly different (SmartyPig partners with retailers to offer cash back bonuses to customers if they convert their savings goal into a retailer gift card or load it on to the SmartyPig Cash Rewards Card), but the general model of leveraging existing banks for client deposits is the same. I will be interested to see how competitive BankSimple's interest rates are and if they can differentiate themselves in a meaningful way from the many great online banks that already exist (INGDirect, Ally, etc.).
Referrals from other business owners is typically how i find any "professional" service. As far as lawyers - I'd recommend w/ someone specialized in whatever your particular need might be.
I rather think quinoa is a more effecient method of delivering protein through a population, but that's neither here nor there.

I do not suggest any avarice or corruption on the part of my or any government. Please do not read my questions in that light. Consider them, instead, as a matter of political philosophy.

Now, while the Pentagon has certainly insisted that--and a definite case can be made that the data WikiLeaks delivers is novel often only in its source--the sources with leaked data do seem to view it as harmful a priori. I may simply be ignorant, but I know of publicly available source of the various data related to the day-to-day internal functioning of any world government. That which is released is done so after decades, the bones of a system to be picked over by historians; hardly within the window of opportunity for a populace make informed voting decisions.

Now, I do not disagree with your assessment of the data WikiLeaks provides. That is granted without objection. I question, merely, the assumption that providing unfiltered information is a bad thing. I might filter my communication, but I am not a public official accountable to the collected process of a voting public who are supposed to be able to make an informed vote based on my actions. For example--and here again I may simply be ignorant--but I have no idea how I might go about discovering how the Treasury Department makes its choices. What data does it have access to? What people make which choices that affect the lives of every US citizen?

Clearly, I don't need this data in everyday life. However, why do I not have the possibility of having it? I'm sure if I called the Treasury Department they would simply laugh at me. The communications of elected officials are now collected and archived, but I know first-hand that the communication of thousands of bureaucrat--every bit as essential to the functioning of the government as the elected official--are not. Technology makes this possible. Why is it not done?

Note. Please excuse any spelling mistakes or grammar errors. I have a nasty cold and thought it best to prioritize promptness over polish.
So let me get this right: what you're asserting is that it's necessary for government officials to protect us by concealing or spinning information so it's only presented to us in the best light, for our own good?

Imagine if, for a second, that the slaughterhouse WAS in the grocery store. As civilized humans, some of whom think of ourselves as compassionate and caring, we would have to come face to face with the billions of animals we slaughter every year and make personal decisions as to if we thought it was right or not. In the current state of affairs, the source is abstracted so far from the final product that it's nearly completely obscured.

If we were faced with the reality of our government on a daily basis, perhaps a much larger number of people would be compelled to get involved in the process.
Sort of, but not exactly. Android is very much oriented toward mobile uses, touch-screen UI, apps, etc. Chrome OS is oriented specifically for netbooks.

To highlight a specific difference in use: the android UI optimizes for being used for a few minutes at a time, Chrome OS optimizes for being used for hours at a time.

I'm not convinced Chrome OS is necessarily better than android for these particular uses but I certainly would love to have lots of different paradigms tested in the market and compete with and cross-pollinate each other.
> The government may keep secrets to the extent that doing so does not erode its net good and properness.

This seems tautological. Can you elaborate, please?
there is - go to google.com -
enter "site:news.ycombinator.net <search term>"

cheers!
Protovis - N-Body Problem (and many other visualization examples)
Anyone surprised he hasn't "disappeared" yet?
Perpetual IRC – The Proxy Edition
"Google's vice president for Chrome engineering, Linus Upson, believes that 60% of businesses could immediately switch to Chrome OS and put corporate system administrators out of work."

And then what happens when Google ditches the project, ala Wave, after it's unable to communicate what it actually does.
I will; since I've switched my focus. I'm going get a cleaner design in place. My longbeard dream ( http://longbeardstudios.com/ ) is fading. I'm just going to port http://pilu.github.com/web-app-theme/ to node.js

Thanks for looking!
We have no problem with calling people; the problem is finding people to call--that is, lead generation.
Perhaps I should be joining the tin-foil hat brigade but these allegations have always seemed conveniently timed.

There are few better ways to damage someone's credibility than alleging rape, even if the allegations don't hold water.
Overreaction to what is probably a bug. Title is flamebait and unforgivably overstated compared to the offense (which is offering a free service at slightly less than the quality the author desires).
I think an important point (that they make) is that you can write an app/project using django-nonrel and have it be completely compatible with the vanilla Django on another server.
SSL. Respect.
And the hunt has begun...
Same. The web interface leaves something to be desired (e.g. focus events firing while I try to type my password, broken middle-click behavior, etc.), but the reimbursed ATM fees are so cash.
Idiorm & Paris - a minimalist database toolkit for PHP5
The first time I connected, Safari 5.0.3 threw an invalid-issuer SSL warning. Can't seem to reproduce it, though.
Hacking Google Calendar
I have no clue. That's not my area of expertise. I bet if you're interested there's quite a bit of research on it, though. What are you getting at?
Sure! twitter/blhack (although I don't really twitter much)

Thank you for the kind words :)
You could look at http://www.abestweb.com/ to find affiliate marketers or contact someone like http://www.sugarrae.com . Just remember that they make good money without a boss, or going to an office or keeping a schedule.
HaLVM: run Haskell directly under Xen
Swiss Vote In an 'Illegal Law'
Assange claims that Wikileaks would publish his own emails, if anyone submitted them. Presumably none of his correspondents have done so yet.
There's almost nothing wrong with your second "trick" (when we write recommendations, we usually suggest people never allow users to directly write syntax, and that they structure their app so that the parameters the user sees couldn't possibly land in SQL; use "1" for "ASC" and "0" for "DESC", etc).

But it's not nearly as powerful a statement to say "use parameterized queries and then do everything else right" as it is to say "just use parameterized queries and you won't have this problem", is it?
60% of businesses could immediately switch to Google Docs from MS Office, but they haven't.
Here's hoping that it works in Puerto Rico.

I'm sure BankSimple trusts Banco Popular :)
I understand it's not the only thing behind BankSimple, but I'd love to see that UI on top of my current Internet banking.
I agree. This sounds like it's just a classic case of Not Invented Here syndrome more than anything else. I've been in a similar situation before: a big company is insistent that everyone use their own internal infrastructure because they're skeptical of the reliability of others' networks. Of course, they ignore the fact that their network is terribly unreliable in making this decision.
I am surprised that he hasn't had a car accident or become depressed and suicidal. Maybe they just can't find him.
I tried Firefox 3.6 out of curiosity, and it doesn't blink, even when I open the favicon itself in a browser tab. I think you must have changed your browser config at some point and forgotten about it.
All light, no heat. Or, is heat the one you want and light the one you don't? Either way, nothing good can come of it. Flagged.
Awesome: DIY Data Tool Needlebase Now Available to Everyone
Except, both L3 and Comcast have said that they had a settlement-free peering agreement, in addition to the transit agreement. And that peering agreement is the one that they're having the spat about.
This man is angry at Google - angry enough to literally kill Google if Google were a person - because of an omitted button.
Or, maybe there is actually a serious investigation happening in Sweden? Maybe, just maybe, not everything in reality is governed by the Narrative.
One thing that we have done with bandsonabudget.com is to get involved in our target community on both a local and national level.

Specifically, nationally, we trade/discount services in exchange for festival sponsorship (which usually comes with ad/print/website link). We also write useful blogs/articles/reviews/interview for bands, primarily to drive traffic and serve as link bait.

Locally, we book shows/art opening at our store/office space and cut deals with promoters, venue owners, and tastemakers to help build the brand.

While we might be different from a traditional SaaS service - we are a web based business with a brick and mortar storefront - it all boils down to engaging your target market/community, often times in a non-salesy/gimmicky way - building trust, respect, and brand awareness is the best way to build a loyal customer base.
Tip: use *'s for italics, not _'s.
These are mature stocks, which are basically a random walk, unless you have some insider info.

What'd be really interesting would be if you got a couple thousand speculative plays on there, and allowed people to only submit on the industries they knew something about. Although that'd probably just lead to people only submitting their pet stock as "going to the moon!"

Nice job in any case though.
just curious: does your wife work? how would/could it have worked out if one of you had both your skills and business inclinations and her child baring consequences?
"copies of the Software"

Doesn't say anything about the name. Trademark law and copyright law are related but very distinct. If Oracle owns and enforces the trademark "Hudson" in the context of continuous integration software, and they say "Stop using the name Hudson", you must comply regardless of any copyright licensing in effect.

Compare Firefox which has a free software license but prohibits use of the Firefox name if any modifications are made to the code. This is why it's called Iceweasel on Debian -- as I understand it, even a security patch is technically enough to violate the contract.
Note that the author is Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of PHP. The system he describes covers a variety of edge cases that are almost never properly handled in PHP deployment scripts I've seen in the wild.
>A lot of the pain in banking stems from atrocious technology, so we're making better tech to drive a better experience.

I can't believe how bad many banks' online experience still is in 2010. Best of luck to you guys, hope you clean their clocks.
In fact, what this says is that Sweden has issued a European Arrest Warrant (EAW) because they want to bring him in for questioning.

His lawyers have pointed out that it's not a valid one since an EAW requires criminal charges to be filed first (and thus no EU state is obliged to pay it any attention and there's no chance whatsoever that it will result in an extradition).

And the Swedes have refused his offer to meet them both in Sweden and in the UK in the past eight weeks...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/30/interpol-wanted-...
I dislike Julian Assanage, I think he's reckless, and I think he's in it for celebrity and attention and power rather than his stated ideals. As an American, I hope my government investigates any crimes he's committed and prosecutes him to the full extent of the law.

However, tarring and feather his political/espionage/leaking work with personal allegations seems wrong to me. His work at Wikileaks and drunken party happenings don't bear any relation to each other. Pursue him for being reckless with stolen diplomatic materials and prosecute him for it if there's a case under the law. Don't tar and feather his reputation like this, I think it's the wrong way of going about it.
No. Why give up native applications? You could run Chrome on Ubuntu and get the best of both worlds. It's disappointing that Google decided to re-invent the wheel here instead of helping assorted desktop Linux projects or perhaps doing a ChromeOS window manager of sorts that could be plugged into any distribution. What's the point of using a desktop OS that is more limited than a SmartPhone OS?
Dozens of major dating sites have launched post-okcupid.
I'm pretty sure 50% of the people on this forum have ran nmap against wikileaks, just to see. Anyhow: ssh and ftp are open but they terminate the connection after a delay when you try to connect, probably source ip restrictions. Same for ssh. They are hosted on EC2. I am assuming they are using the Amazon AMI, which doesn't take ssh root logins, and the user name will be ec2-user@[host].

The connection is open for the period of the delay. This might a viable attack vector for a DDOS? (If you cannot connect to FTP or ssh, you cannot upload files).

Note: Wikileaks is hosted on Amazon AWS Ireland. You're telling me the US government doesn't have the ability to pull an AWS server in Ireland with a phone call? Oh please. Wikileaks is a poor attempt by the US government to unleash an attack a group that funds its political opponents - this will occur in the near future.
... he is trying to be funny, right?
He is angry at Google but still uses their ads on his site. I wouldn't believe anything he writes.
Being able to send an email and get the URL back without having a full blog set up like posterous would be awesome. It really could become an anonymous blog.
Mike, doing this does not mean that Google is evil or anything of the sort. That's linkbait and you know it.

They're protecting themselves from what might be automated queries. There's likely nothing you or they can do about it, as lowering the rate is probably opening them to attacks/system gaming.

Here's a thought: switch your results-per-page to a higher number so you can pull more before they get suspicious. With luck, that would mean you take longer to get through a page so that they also stop thinking you're a robot.

EDIT: Also, if this was a joke, ha-ha, you got me, etc.
I'll refrain from commenting on the allegations, but the timing is very suspicious. I mean, really, right after this big leak? And anyway, how many people make the Interpol Red Notice list for rape allegations?

As long as we're on the tin-foil hat path, being dragged to Sweden would place him into custody there. (I know, he's wanted 'for questioning' - that's what the Red Notice is based on). That would give the USA (which has an extradition treaty with Sweden) plenty of time to build a legal case against him without worrying about him disappearing or pulling more PR stunts.

As long as the USA doesn't charge him with something that is punishable with the death penalty (most EU countries won't extradite suspects that would face that), it's into the bureaucratic legal mill for him.
I would say that hackers are a lot less valuable than marketers. Of course at the top levels you're measuring apples and oranges but if you need someone to create a product and you're willing to pay $150/hr you can probably hire a good hacker. If you need someone to create a marketing strategy you may have to pay $500/hr.
>The problem here is believing your own bullshit, as they say on the streets. Or put nicer, coming up with a line of reasoning that you (and perhaps others) deem to be the "correct" one, and then imposing it on the rest of us against our will.

Well it goes both ways. The government is constantly imposing its will on me in ways I resent. Assange also feels this way and notices that the ability of the government to impose its will rests on conspiracy.

Your 'argument' is impenetrable because whether or not the organization is inherently just (and shouldn't be messed with) or unjust (and should be messed with) you are fully invested in your paradigm and seem unwilling to give it up regardless.

From the standpoint that the US govt is all democracy and stars and stripes, of course Assange is 'bad.' But that doesn't appear to be the reality of the situation.
Ask HN: Who here is from NJ/Jersey Shore? Re: Meetup.com
We've been hosting a web developer meetup in Asbury Park, NJ at our coworking space for the past few months. The group has been growing and I was wondering if there was a solid HN base out of NJ/Jersey Shore out there that would be interested in getting involved.

The meetup group is here - http://www.meetup.com/Jersey-Shore-Web-Developers/ and our next meetup is this Thurs...