skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm a fan of the multi-monitor model. Two 20" LCDs are often cheaper than one 40" (not the same area, I know) and can be much more useful. My typical setups are:

screen one: rotated vertical with code

screen two: horizontal with command line and the app splitting horizontal real estate.

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screen one: full-sized game

screen two: web browser and IM client
For what it's worth, I found it immediately intuitive, and thought it was a great design feature. I hope many others do too.
Why did you post this? Did you think I was trying to say anything about Brazil or any other country? Because I wasn't, and I didn't even mention other countries at all.

I was not doing a comparation, but I was only telling this person that coming to Buenos Aires could be useful to him. Maybe going to Brazil could be useful too (I have great references on Brazil industry), you could tell him that. But this is definitely not the place for any rivalry... and I wish there was no place for such rivalry elsewhere at all, too.
Why HTML
Some comments:

1. I am getting some strpos errors
2. I don't see the benefit of registering.
3. I think that the tag line can be improved....maybe "tag searcher" or "search the web's tags"
4. I don't like the "?" icon next to the Search button. Either replace it, or use it as an Ajax loader :)

-tal
Google also does development in Argentina through Globant, but it's not a lot as far as I know.
Addressbook History goes into the cloud with App Engine
Feedback on my app: MyJugaad.in, a slideshow for webpages
This headline irks me. Anne Wojcicki isn't just "Sergey's wife", 23andme isn't just Anne Wojcicki, and they weren't ordered to shut down, just to hold their tests while officials investigate.
If I ever pay a million bucks for a watch, I want one that's water resistant.
Except that he's talking about "startups" not "successful startups." As you said, productivity is essentially revenue per employee, and there's lots of startups out there where that is a small number (and not growing fast).
Guys, I would appreciate your comments, feedback, criticism, rants, appreciation, etc. Also, please note that the web app is still being tested, so if you come across any unexpected behavior, let me know ASAP.
When was the last time a rich man purchased a lottery ticket?

When was the last time anyone purchased a lottery ticket with a gun to their head?
Reddit Makes Their Code Open Source
I didn't say it wouldn't close the window, only that this wouldn't be immediate. For example, it could confirm before throwing away the entire state of a web application.

I wasn't referring to the ability to refresh a page, I was referring to the reset button of a form. That button destroys all the data the user entered, which is similar to an unwanted close.
I have just one question: what pain problem does this app solve? I just can not seem to get it.
A few comments (if you RTA, you'll know to what I refer):

1) WTF? His underlying presumption seems off base. He defines cutting taxes as "government intervention" and keeping taxes as "letting the market work." That's news to me.

2) He assumes that the average new business owner will create a "startup." First, the policy mentioned in the WSJ doesn't give a definition of startup, and neither does he (although he mentions the problem). And second, if a small business isn't a "startup," what is it?

3) Of course economic growth is inversly correlated with self-employment. It's because most people suck at owning a business. But to leave in economic barriers to reduce failure is a dumb idea.

4) He claims that "government intervention" by lowering cap gains taxes would encourage competition in areas that have low barriers to entry. I thought that was the point.

5) The first article he cites showing the negative correlation between firm age and productivity comes from a paper in 1999.(http://www.jstor.org/pss/117087). Bad data.

6) The second piece of evidence he cites pulls data from 1975 - 1996. Once again, bad data. And if he's talking about tech startups, then he should isolate that data to draw the proper correlation

This isn't about bias or politics. This is about an article full of bullshit. Either it was poorly written or he tried to take a conclusion and started selectively looking for evidence to support it.
But he doesn't define what a startup is, and his data is for all new businesses, not just tech startups, which have a completely different set of data than local barber shops.
Getting Started with WSGI
I don't know whether to laugh, cry, or hurl.
You are right that it doesn't offer any concrete predictions at the moment and perhaps it never will. But if everybody dismissed notions just because they couldn't immediately see what they could be used for we'd live in a pretty boring and backwards world.
Reddit Goes Open Source
Reddit goes open source - the actual announcement from reddit.
Yeah, screen readers seem pretty useless if they cant handle a web page with tables-for-layout, since these are quite common whether we like it or not.

A sensible heuristic would be to treat tables without TH or THEAD elements as layout-tables, ie. just read them serially, while treating tables which contain at least one TH-element as a true semantic table. I'll bet this is the correct interpretation 9/10 times.
That's what this system is set up for. To protect YOU. Linkedin mislead you (allegedly) to believe there would be no recurring charge. They made it extremely difficult (currently impossible) to cancel these charges. Call your CC company and put a stop on all future charges. Your CC company will fight to help you. Remember CC companies make good money if you stick with them (a % of every sale goes to the CC company's pocket) so they want your business.
Or, if you just want the code:

http://code.reddit.com/
See also the official blog post ( http://blog.reddit.com/2008/06/reddit-goes-open-source.html ) and code repository ( http://code.reddit.com/ )
Redit Opensources Code
Yeah slowness is definitely ":("-worthy, but in my experience Confluence performs pretty well. It really depends how it's installed and how the database is setup also.

And the search is weak, I agree, but I haven't experienced any significant problems in scaling or Jira integration. It's also much more pleasant to deal with than SharePoint.

For technical-only teams, I highly recommend MoinMoin. It takes some hands on administration (maybe it's better now, I haven't used it for a couple of years) but it was worth it for the flexibility, plug-ins, and the fact that it stored pages in plain text files.
Well, it depends. It's not a competitive advantage for instance if your payroll goes through on time every month, it's just what's expected. It is a competitive advantage if you have say better employee retention than your rivals.

Similarly, it's not a competitive advantage if your printers are always full of paper and toner. It is a competitive advantage if you can automate things that previously required manual operation.
Next generation search engines (not Powerset nor Mahalo)
it seems that one important benefit of beeing rich is that, if you are a male,it attracts females(the opposite doesn't seem to be true, maybe this could account for lower female salaries?).so, if you are a rich man, of course you will want to make it show.if you are the king everyone knows you are the king, if not you have to do what you have to do...
simple but attractive interface. Will be great for small & medium businesses specially.
The linked article gives a good justification for not purchasing such tests to begin with, but it doesn't suggest that they should be outlawed.

You suggest that someone will get these tests done, then go to their doctor and ask what they can do about the results. I see absolutely no problem with that. You say that even doctors don't know how to evaluate conflicting results from these tests, but why is that a problem? Someone will go to their doctor and their doctor will tell them the test is meaningless. Even if people who got these tests done overused the healthcare system, it should still be allowed. These are private doctors and private insurance plans. Perhaps Medicare shouldn't cover further evaluations that are the result of such a test.

I fear for the future of our society when the belief that one should be able to obtain any desired information about oneself is referred to as a "simplistic interpretation of personal liberty". Please don't vote.
The WSJ says that Obama hasn't defined it either. It also isn't clear what the cited study in the blog post says, though the title ("Productivity Differences across Employers: The Roles of Employer Size, Age, and Human Capital") of the paper does suggest it is for all startups.

Link in case someone is an AEA member (to get through the paywall):

http://econpapers.repec.org/article/aeaaecrev/v_3A89_3Ay_3A1...
Summary: Software tends to grow haphazardly, and often instead of being internally organized in any fashion, more code is just piled on. As code bases grow, they become very hard to manage, and "smaller and nimbler" competition can step in.

If this is a secret, it's a pretty open one. taps copy of Thinking Forth, c. 1984.
On Mac Word 6.0
I think most states have a yearly fee to be incorporated. They don't base it on revenues or profit because thats what taxes are for :)
looks good !! ..
It's probably just me, but does anyone else see this as a bit of overhype? I haven't heard too much chatter about reddit's /codebase/. I guess it's fine that it's going Open Source, but it's not something I have heard anyone really clamoring for, nor even really caring much about.

Am I being too shortsighted? What wonderful new things can be spawned from this?
Ok, this is actually not bad at all. I like the arrow navigation (though you have to click IN to the content to scroll down, as opposed to just moving the container ever so slightly down). Slick. But, there are lots of things I don't like.

1. What is that domain name? What am I missing? It tells me nothing and will not help your site grown in anyway.

2. Show me, right on the front page, what you mean. I know what a slide show is, SHOW ME what your app does. This isn't that hard, but I want to see it more than read it. Give me an image of a browser window with the next content to the right and the last to the left. I like pictures.

3. Get rid of the word "test" all over your home page. Seriously, it should not be there. Put some real content (even if it's just testing content!) in there so I don't see how young you are.

4. Man, I hate registering for things. Probably not what you want to hear, but do I have to register/login? Can't you just use a cookie to identify me and link me with my list(s) on your end? I'd love to just work as a guest of sorts - forever.
Info Overload: The Problem
The AP's real problem isn't bloggers -- it's its own newspapers
pretty cool

wonder how long it will take for the flood of clones. i can see it now:

"now that they're open source, i can build that reddit clone for elite tech and startup news that i've always wanted to build"
Are ISPs making broadband more expensive to protect their TV businesses?
Really like the clean interface.! :)
What's interesting about the article is not the article but the quote in its first sentence: Barack Obama "proposes eliminating capital gains taxes on start-up companies". Is that not astonishing? I hadn't heard it before. It's indicative of how deep Obama's connections are in the Valley.

As for what the article calls the "obvious problem" with the idea ("the tax lawyers will have every company in America defined as a start-up"), what a lame point. The same objection could be made to any policy or any legislation. I think Obama's dismissive answer to this is right (he basically said, duh, we'll write the definitions competently).
This is a great move. But it only makes sense after a community with momentum is in full swing. The community experience is the driving force behind reddit/digg/HN/mixx/slashdot/etc successes, not the technology.
Encouraging startups is a good direction to look for improving society; it plays to our strengths and encourages value creation. Unlike the current administration, I think Obama's administration would take an open mind about how best to aid startups.

I'd be most interested in a low-doc corporation. For example, don't make me pay estimated taxes, payroll, etc, except once a year. Give me a simplified tax setup that's brainless. Don't make me file a pointless annual report to please the gov't.
I think this is a valid point and what strikes me as most interesting about it is that we are indeed entering into a time where technology is increasingly becoming a commodity. Perhaps this is the wrong place to be making such a claim (given that this is "Hacker News"), but I believe that the connections that emerge from such enabling technology as reddit's is more important than the underlying implementations that create such connections.

It's also useful to mention that the user experience that is embodied in reddit's code is pretty specific to reddit the site. While others might want to create their own reddits, they are merely distributing reddit's user experience to the rest of the internet. What would be interesting to me is if the specific user experience is morphed into a new user experience, instead of merely repackaging it into something that looks different.
It solves my pain of having to navigate the top stories on the internet. Plus, I don't like reading stories in my RSS reader.
Code Golf - Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby
Thanks for your comment.

1. Domain name actually means something in Hindi. So, I agree with you that it tells you nothing.

2. Hmm.. So, you think pictures would be more effective? Thanks for this suggestion.

3. Yeah, got rid of test. :)

4. Registration is optional. It is only required if you want to create your own slideshows. Cookie is not reliable for this thing. Imagine, you having to upload a youtube video without registering and later wanting to remove it, after your cookie having been deleted.
Ask YC: Implementing a web client in Python
I would like to have any tips on how to implement a remote web client in Python, i have to fill in a web form with data from .doc files manually and it is really a pain, I would like to have some tips on how to implement this in Python. Thanks alot.
I was under the impression some media companies had colluded with youtube to allow piracy for a big pay-out once someone bought youtube. This was to let youtube win the video content hosting race through piracy, while still paying for the content everyone thought was pirated.

I am having trouble finding a link to support this though. Does anyone recall this? Perhaps I'm mistaken...
I think there will be an initial flood of clones, but only maybe 3 or 4 semi-successful ones. Remember how everyone said there would be a billion Slashdots when Slashcode was open sourced?
The problem is not saying your DNA looks like this GTTAT... or you have version 27 of ___.

The problem is saying you have X, Y, Z markers which increases your risk for A, B, and C which is a medical diagnosis. I don't have a problem if they give you all the data but linking DNA with risk not something individuals are capable of evaluating at this point in time.
I actually see this as a good thing for once. The internet needs more content/quality aggregators that are user-driven, not SEO/link-farm tainted. And niche markets are probably the best way to achieve that.

I actually hope this will be disruptive, and popular sites return to servicing their audience directly instead of relying on Digg, for example. Digg has become so popular that it almost needs it's own nested-digg now, a rather ironic self-defeating problem with social popularity and vertical growth. I mean, don't get me wrong... I suspect Digg will continue forward and be hugely successful.

Hats off to the reddit team.
Thanks, guys. Really nice job.
Sometimes I wonder if I should have moved to San Francisco. Then I'd get free beer occasionally. That isn't bud.

There real new feature, which was pretty smart, was putting random new links at the top of each page.
A few things that strike me:

It's Pylons. I'm no Pythonista, but I think the code for such a highly trafficked site built using Pylons is interesting.

Isn't it unprecedented that such a highly trafficked site, owned by a large, decidedly Corporate company (Conde Naste), would become open source? Open sourcing web _sites_ is rare (applications, such as WP, Drupal, etc, not so much). Now Reddit is a web app (sort of due to it now being 'sold' -- although for free), but you could argue before that it was a web site.

Now it is trivial to start a new community, just like the old community. Eventually every community hits a critical mass of popularity and articles and discussions factor to the lowest common denominator. When it hits the limit (as Reddit did a while a go, in my opinion) someone can start a new one without much work.

Or, maybe I'm just an open source geek with a soft spot for Reddit.
Whether or not the content is static or dynamic is kind of a moot point, all things considered. <div style="define-my-location"><?php ?></div>
Clone of hacker site: www.youyap.com
i clone this site for people who want to sell product or service.
goto: http://www.youyap.com

please provide your feedback.
The Extended HTML Form attack revisited
So true :) When will TC come up with a cute "Brangelina"-like name for Fake & Butterfield - maybe Stewarina? As in "Stewarina are having twins!" "Stewarina are leaving Yahoo!-!"
Well, if they have an open mind and allow submissions from the community, it could get new features added to Reddit. A closed site like Digg wouldn't get the benefit.

That being said, Slashcode being open doesn't feel like it made Slashdot overflowing with cool innovations.

Maybe given the current climate developers will like Python more than Perl for tweaking a website?
Productivity is probably something closer to 'value per employee', i.e. the increase in acquisition price due to an employee's actions. I do think that, even for unsuccessful startups, employee #3 is able to do more to proportionally increase their market value than employee #30.
Anyone find any clever ideas, designs, idioms in the code yet?

I'm not interested in starting a reddit clone, but am interested in reading interesting code. The one file I glanced through was readable, straightforward, and concise, the hallmarks of good Python style. That's a very good thing, but I'm wondering if they've done anything especially clever, or implemented anything generally applicable beyond the realm of discussion sites.

Not that they should. Clear, concise, readable, simple code that builds on existing, open code wherever possible is a wonderful recipe for success. But I'm still interested in whether they went beyond that anywhere.
They actually use PostgreSQL's user defined functions, which is kind of cool.
Gadget buyers seen as assertive, even arrogant
This is neat. I always thought a hosted reddit/HN solution would be a good startup idea. Imagine a site where I could start my own reddit/HN type space with a unique url. I could then control who comes in (be it co-workers or friends) and have a place where we could all privately share links and start discussions. Great for companies, project groups, families, friends, etc...

I know I won't have time to build this, but I think somebody should.
May I ask why this is on the front page?
Yes plz!
There needs to be a consistent way of writing software that runs on different systems and in different situations that considers a number of different factors

Umm, right, sure. And how do you propose to do that when the field evolves so fast that most technical books go out of date within 2 years?

There doesn't need to be any such consistent way. What there needs to be is already there, for the simple reason that what is there is driven by exactly that: needs. Where absolute reliability is required (e.g. NASA), programs are written with that kind of discipline. For the rest of us who are ok with living in a giant, glorious mess of creativity, why should anyone dictate how we do things?
I don't think it follows that Yegge took no effort. In fact, I suspect that the rough draft of his post was quite a bit longer.

Imagine the reader shock to read that one!
Skimming the code now. Looks clean and DRY, maybe a bit define-happy. Definitely better than I'd have written it.
> a place where we could all privately share links and start discussions.

http://slinkset.com/
http://twill.idyll.org/

Is Google Down?
Paulson & Co. Says Writedowns May Reach $1.3 Trillion
I imagine there are still people who consider Mac Word 5.1 the high point for word processing software. A good user interface, with a good set of features, with good performance and reasonable resource requirements. If all you want to do with your word processor is edit documents, Mac Word 5.1 was a close to optimal solution for many users.
The Virtual Company Project
Don't be so quick to make that judgment regarding your code - they had a lot of opportunities to iterate.
How To Make An Invisible Mask
No, google is not down. but thanks for the link. i will be checking it out
Slashdot is the first one I remember doing this. The audience sizes are arguable, but I'm inclined to think slashdot's audience was higher.

I am interested to read this code because I haven't read much on how they rank stories. Now I can read the implementation itself.
Developing Flash games with Common Lisp
No. That is the main point of the article. Pure-CSS layout is only fine if you know the exact dimensions of the text when creating the layout. If the textual content change later you run into problems.

That is why tables fare better in "the real world" even if proof-of-concepts like zen-garden seem to demonstrate that CSS is powerful enough.
Methodologist hawks methodology; film at 11.
I have no clue what you are talking about. I suppose that is a good thing :)
I want more Jeff Dean "facts"!
I imagine getting critical mass is the hardest problem.
"Yes, Hulu's content is attractive, but it's different from Youtube's content, which is attractive for other reasons."

Is Youtube's content attractive for reasons that would make it just as profitable as Hulu's content?

Cuban is arguing that it is not.
Actually, the coverage on Ars Technica has an interview with co-founder Stever Huffman and he says that the ranking algorithm is one of the things they are not making open source.

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080618-reddit-social-...
Gordon Mohr Takes Us Inside the Internet Archives
Google Docs is almost there as a viable replacement for that kind of use case. No autogenerated tables of contents, but you get tables, headers, spell checking, and other neat features. And this is coming from someone who normally hates web productivity software.
I, for one, hope this leads to a wholesale (no pun intended) reevaluation of our financial attitudes. There is plenty of blame to go around, and while a lot of it lands on predatory lenders and greedy speculation, consumers are largely responsible as well.

It's the end of a decadent age that was never good to begin with. That's the biggest shame, really. This whole mess was driven by consumer desire for shiny objects that just aren't that nice. They wanted shoddily-built mansions, as long as they were large enough to look impressive. They wanted unsafe and barely luxurious vehicles, as long as they are big and intimidating!

But, back on topic, I sure hope that the business world still sees a big need to spend on things like web applications and custom software. Otherwise, if business focuses on scaling back and being frugal, IT is in big trouble.
This guy http://timhatch.com/projects/jsassembly/index.html implemented an x86 assembly interpreter in JavaScript that runs in the browser.
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The Pointy Haired Boss: "Lets give the customers what they want."

Dilbert: "What they want is better products for free."