skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I heard a sample of McCartney talking about the origins of Yesterday years ago on the radio and how he just woke up and there it was.

Then a while later I was given a Naxos album following a Baroque music theme in my stuff on another continent and there's a theme from one of the songs on it that's eerily similar to yesterday except several hundred years older. Not quite Eric Carmen similar, but close to.

But that's OK - all artists derive and there is no shame in it so long as you give credit where you can and from the sounds of things he wasn't even aware of the connection.

The Naxos article is one of the very early ones and the labelling on it is terrible so I could never identify which labels applied to which CDs.
at a quick glance, I thought the domain name was "Scruffy looking catheder"...

shudder
How my program passed the Turing Test - ELIZA [1989]
"Jason is right when he is saying that these days blogs are often no longer about the integrity of the content but the number of backlinks it receives, the number of page views and how high it ranks in Google."

I started blogging over 2 years ago and that's exactly how it was back then. It's always about readership, even if one doesn't run ads. Sure, people play games to be seen sometimes, but it's like television, or maybe any media. A few people will find short-term success (reality TV stars) and serious content providers will find longer life (think 60 Minutes).

Sure, the technology will change as well, but as long as the internet remains reasonably neutral, people will blog/micorblog/videoblog/etc.
I'm stuck on 31, I'm so stuck I lowered myself down to looking in the walkthrough and I'm still stuck.

Is it a bug on that level? I throw down the block and try to jump on it but I don't get high enough.
Apple Sells One Million 3G iPhones First Weekend.  Ten Million iPhone Apps Downloaded.
New Vishay Sfernice P10L Miniature Panel Potentiometer
Vishay Intertechnology Inc. announced a new low-cost, long-life panel potentiometer with a low temperature coefficient down to ±150 ppm/°C and small 9.6-mm size.
Warning: Carriers See 3G as Golden Goose
Ask YC: Is it ok to Post each of my New Blog Posts to YC News?
I am a loyal follower of YC News and also run a security/technology blog. The blog is updated with new stories about twice a week. I would like to know if it would be ok post those stories to YC News. I just want to make sure that doing this would not be considered spamming YC News. Thanks for the help.
China's wonderful architecture and fast-growing cities still doesn't, for me, offset its government and its treatment of people.
EACH post?
wow..but,there is nothing to stop you. If its something worthwhile, it'll rise up otherwise dwindle into disappearance...
blogging is not dead, it just went mainstream.
3G iPhone's Mediocre Battery Life Still Beats Rivals
The first virus was a poorly implementation of Paul Grapham's cell.
You'll probably find that you get a more positive overall response if you allow your readers to submit your posts to this, or any other, news site.

People tend to have a natural negative reaction to blog promotions by the blog's author or employees. Generally, if people like your blog they will subscribe to it and read the posts without needed to get the "feed" via some sort of social news site. This is less true if your site is very high-volume and somewhat less targeted (ala TechCrunch), where people then tend to rely more on someone else to filter out and submit the really good stuff.

If every "loyal follower" with a blog posted all of their updates here, the value would probably become very diluted.
Am I the only one who had vivid memory of the smell of old books, when looking at the scans?
The man who changed Internet security
How to write for a blog or anywhere else where you need the ad revenue and eyeballs: Make a bold and incorrect statement and attempt to prove it just like in English Lit. Crit. class.
For the poor coders that have spent their whole lives in front of dumbed down IDE's... yes this is news. (Show some of these guys a pipe command and they won't see the implications. A sed style global regex search and replace action will be equally mystifying.)

Not everyone has succumbed to the power of the smug Unix weenies yet. And in any case... weekly diet of a few cool sed/grep/find/emacs/vi tricks is certainly in order for "Hacker News".
There is no rule against self-posting. Two a week shouldn't be a problem, unless they're off-topic or linkjacked.
Feds Plan to Shore Up Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
Easy-To-Use Websites Give A False Sense Of Security 
"Easy-to-use retail sites can lull consumers into false sense of security, with 79% of shoppers ‘trusting’ sites that have clear and easy payment instructions."
iPhone development is the new west, those who get there first will get the gold.
There isn't one.

All there is an email newsletter that just sends an e-mail every time he posts a new Alertbox. You can subscribe here: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/

Theoretically you could use email2rss to convert the newsletter into a feed.

Nielsen's views on email newsletters and RSS feeds (scroll down to the bottom for his analysis of RSS feeds):
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/newsletters.html
When you flag something, you don't have to also comment about it. It makes for boring comment threads when people post comments saying something shouldn't be on the site. Not a lot of bits of data in such a post. So if you feel that way about something, just flag it. Otherwise your comment becomes one of those "vote up if you agree" type posts that take over the front page of any site that allows them.

This particular case, incidentally, is certainly not spam. Overly positive perhaps, but you're crying wolf to call this spam.
Pack mule robot can handle almost any terrain.
Uncovering the Secrets Behind Identity Theft
A queue is a (a) line (b) a pony tail (c) a data structure
Ok - I admit I am (or was) still not quite sure what the flagging is for. Like in this case, probably the person submitting the article was not a spammer, even though I considered the article itself to be pure advertising. Maybe that is why I felt the need to comment - will refrain from doing so in the future.
Connect A Local Device to A Remote Server
http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html
Wallpaper For Obama: The Classic Obama look
Science fiction for the young
I'm looking to gift a science fiction book (or a collection of SF stories) as birthday present to my 12 years old nephew. Any suggestions?
I don't think this issue is quite as serious as Dan Kaminsky is making it sound; but I'll say this for him: He's great at wrangling the media.

Is this bigger than past coordinated advisories? Maybe -- but not by much. A major flaw in OpenSSL, OpenSSH, Sendmail, or IPv6 (e.g., the recent 'source routing' issue) would all be just as "big" as this. Dan did exactly what any responsible researcher would do -- nothing more.
this.

although it might be a good idea, as it was mentioned already, to let your readers submit some. i'd say that it might be a good idea to only self-submit posts you're particularly proud of in order to help boost your readership to the point that others will submit your not-quite-best work on their own. imo, ofc.
I don't see how that statement relates to China specifically.
ender's game.
not short....
Just like all the other eBay news, people will bitch for a week, then go back to selling on it. eBay is where all the buyers are, if you are looking for a deal on a new ______, you go on eBay.
Fighting Technological Indulgences
GPhone? Just a Rumor - The Real Story Is The Android Developer Revolt
Annual Fog Creek Open House
its far, far cheaper to just purchase the report than hire someone to do the same research yourself

Amen to that. You think $350 is expensive? That's like three hours of consultant time. For someone with Nielsen's resume, more like 1-2 hours.

But, hey -- if you think it'll improve the situation, I might be willing to support your effort to give Nielsen a government grant that pays for his salary and his lab and lets him release all of his research for free.
No. I still make $12 a day through backhat blogging :P. It can't be dead to me.
The Downside to Freelancing
I appreciate the kind words Alex.
I'm not sure anything can "offset" those things, but you should consider a long duration stay as a first step towards understanding some of the issues around China.

China faces distinctly different problems than the US on so many fronts, that it's very difficult for Americans and Westerners to appreciate even the problems, let alone propose solutions.

That's not to say you can't say what's right or wrong, but wholesale condemnation doesn't even allow one to take the first step.

Update: let me be more specific, since I know the hacker in all of us wants to say "give me all the variables, and I can give the optimal solution". A lot of China's issues stem from thousands of years of culture. Thousands. You can't really get a feel of the core issues without living and breathing China for a few years. And living as an exchange student for a semester in WuDaoKuo while partying in Sanlitun really doesn't count. There are libraries of books on this subject, so I can't hope to do it justice here. In summary: it's much more complicated than just "the government" or "human rights" - it's not ever just one variable in isolation being considered.

ps: think of it this way: what would you say to someone who says "I dislike the US government for its treatment of Native Americans/Alaskans/Hawaiians". I'd think you'd agree, but that's not really an issue that exists in a vacuum. There's historical, cultural, temporal, etc context...and in China (just by being around for thousands of years), all of those contexts are far more complex.
"What is supposed to make it good? If they have thousands of applications on there, it might become impractical?"

I think their experience with iTunes will help out here. The interface from the phone is of course different, but people have been using iTunes to navigate the huge sea of music content to put them at the #2 spot for music vendor.
3 Steps to showing up in Local Search
3 steps passed on from a very successful SEO veteran that prove local search is now where normal SEO was 5 years ago...
The problem is mindshare. No one knows what they are. I remember a site called "handango" (I just checked and they are still there) that handled this, but most people have no idea of where to go for their content. Apple's answer is iTunes: a familiar interface for anyone that owns an iPod.
Downforeveryoneorjustme.com in the New York Times
I'll gladly accept neg votes for this comment.

No problem. I'm happy to downvote someone who thinks that publicly wishing someone dead is appropriate, let alone a valuable contribution to the conversation.

Is Craig Newmark also on your little list? Jimmy Wales? Are there any other messengers you'd like to shoot today?
Your customers do know what they want
Wake me up when I can install my own software on it. I'm not going to go around begging for the keys to my own castle.
Super Greasy Spoon Eateries in Boston - Associated Content
Lets say that if I had to write one; do I just do what I suggested? I mean just have the app call a bunch of web urls and then parse xml?
Content is king, but king also need to wear some pretty clothes. Unless you're already a celebrity in the real world, your site has no chance to stand out from the crowd.
Talk about a misleading headline.
Can't remember the name of the author or the book, but he addressed the issue of the Vikings "discovering" the Americas before Columbus.

Well yes, in the sense that they were physically there earlier. But the author pointed out that rarely has a "discovery" had so little impact. For better or worse, Columbus' "discovery" led to mapping, further exploring, trading, colonization, etc. etc. (pillaging, plundering, exploiting, if you prefer). Which is why it is the one that gets mentioned in more history books.

If I'm being too subtle, Windows Mobile is the Vikings and iPhone Columbus in the above analogy.
This isn't a bad article, even if it is rather obvious. One thing I would like to see though is an understanding that the application programmer understands that he is in a different environment, and therefore is the one that needs to adapt.

In many parts I got the feeling that the thesis was: It was like this on the desktop, so the web should change to be more like the desktop because that way I don't have to change.

That's the kind of thinking that gives us craptastic IE only business apps, and has actually stalled IE improvements over the last couple of years.
I've been blogging on and off since 1999 and I've seen a lot of friends and other good bloggers stop maintaining their sites over the years for various reasons. Some got married and didn't have their single-person adventures to write about anymore; others got discouraged when they looked at their visitor stats; still others just lost interest.

But for the most part, many people who have stopped blogging have come to the realization that maintaining a good blog takes time -- lots of it. A good, thoughtful post can take a couple hours to write and edit. And maintaining an overall theme for your blog that's compelling and not just
"random stuff I post for the occasional friend who drops by" is even harder. In other words, having a good blog is like creating and managing a product.

As many bloggers begin to realize this, and begin to see other options (microblogging, etc.) they move on. But that's not to say that the entire form of media called blogging is dead. It just means it's stabilizing and becoming recognized as just one of the many options out there for publishing content, as opposed to being the "everyone must have" option it once was.
17 Electric Cars You Should Know About from 2005 to 2008
Good read.

The article speaks of the power of advertising to create new behavior patterns by influencing the public so that the public doesn't realize it's being influenced.

Advocacy groups like the article's subject learned these tactics from corporations, who have been perfecting these strategies for the past five decades.
I'm reminded of the fascinating Tetris Dreams study:

[http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=tetris-dreams]
To read about Rockefeller try "The Titan". Ever since this book came out in 1997, it has been my favorite business biography followed by Icon "Jobs".
So blatantly obvious, yet so often misunderstood.

I'm always reminded of that old Henry Ford quote whenever this topic comes up:

If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse.

The beauty of this quote is not that customers don't know what they want, it's that they're saying what they want exactly by saying "faster horse".
What can hackers do for the environment?
I like mathematics and computer science and there is where my strengths are.
But I have lately found that things outside the CS-sphere interest me more.
Tesla(electric cars), solar power etc. Environmental stuff in general.

So what can a hacker do for the environment? And I mean on a big scale not just sorting your garbage :) (I already do that anyway).
Thing is the computer business uses loads of energy.

Hardware guys can:
Invent chips, processors etc that run computers using less energy
What can software guys do?

Sidenote:
I started working on a solar power search engine/prize comparer, anyone think that could be made profitbale?
There already are some pretty good ones though naturally but they are lacking and more towards green stuff in general.
John Christopher's Tripod Trilogy: "The White Mountains", "The Pool of Fire", "The City of Gold and Lead"

Robert Heinlein "Podkayne of Mars","Tunnel in the Sky", or "Beyond this Horizon"

Samuel Delany "Babel-17" or "The Einstein Intersection"

Roger Zelazny "Lord of Light"
I can't hear the name Cassandra without thinking of Woody Allen's "Mighty Aphrodite."
How about the fact that you think you need a framework at all, for starters. :-) Yes, that's a little facetious.
Highly Recommended Female Personal Trainers in Boston - Associated Content
All that said, I'm uncertain how this article relates to "Hacker News." I can see a tangential relation by "hacking behavior through habits," but it's a stretch.
With 10 million apps downloaded in the first weekend, it appears that the users are glad it's released too.
Tracks Missing or Stolen Laptops for Free
"It was like this on the desktop, so the web should change to be more like the desktop because that way I don't have to change."

Or "It was like this on the desktop, so my users demand that it be just that way on the web version, too, so they don't have to change."
I think HN strikes the appropriate balance between good looks and good usability.
I've been watching stuff like this for months, and I've seen very few commercial efforts to bring a light-duty truck to the EV showroom floor. Why? It doesn't make any sense. A light-duty truck is the perfect vehicle for an EV redesign because it's simpler, more room for batteries, sturdier frame, inexpensive, etc. etc. etc.

Grrr. I don't want a tin can. I want to plug in my Ranger.
A New Blogging Record | Tech Jaws
One of Rockefeller's greatest achievements which is not mentioned is the creation of the modern corporation.
Rockefeller and his partners were the first ones to pioneer the management of a huge enterprise much of what is taken for granted in today's S&P 500 companies.

Standard Oil came up with the idea of owning a wide variety of companies through trusts.

Also, the idea of management by being first among equals, running the company by consensus (in most cases) by a group of executives without exerting authoritarian control was new.

Finally, Rockefeller help write much of anti trust law. I will leave it at that.
That's a valid point. But it begs the question: Why are you not writing a desktop app then?
A Firehose of Data For 100 Top Technology Bloggers
Bezos Gets His Game On
"The economics of artificial scarcity," perhaps, is what he meant.
Ironic that the very attributes that allowed the web to be popular (HTML, easy navigation) have turned it into a nightmare for developing actual applications.
Good collection of entrepreneur blogs
Launching first API for music playlists
We've seen the future ... and we may not be doomed
No.

In related news: The practice of posting controversial link-bait to attract attention from other bloggers is also alive and well.
This is implemented in Java, a language I have been told by people who get heavily voted up on this site is a ball and chain.

BigTable is implemented in C++ or Java. Cassandra appears to be most or all Java. But Java and other compiled languages are death for startups and corporations. Error! Error! Does not compute! Why aren't they using Ruby or Lisp?
Or just go all the way and get pcregrep, then alias it to grep for convenience.
If you post an old link like that, can you make it obvious why you did so?
Ask HN: What features for an EC2 iPhone app?
What features do you want in an iPhone app to manage your EC2 instances from anywhere on your iPhone?
Why Google shouldn't make a Gphone
Right tool for the job and all that. Linux is mostly C. So is MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and what not because these are foundational pieces of software. For foundational pieces, it can be worth it to concentrate on performance. Youtube uses a combination of python and C for example.
F*** it i'll fund that
i feel like something that software guys can do is find out ways to make telecommuting work more viable for the masses (where viable -- factory workers can't really take part), not just tech workers.

it already is viable, but its not quite that accessible and easy to do for the non-tech-savvy.

this would help to remove the reliance we have upon driving long distances every day for work and help relieve some of our pollution, energy and oil problems.

its not a cure-all, but there isn't one. incremental steps will help fix our problem.
Americans Viewed 12 Billion Videos Online in May 2008
I don't think managing EC2 in isolation I think at a minimum you would need a basic S3 browser as well (for browsing/selecting custom AMIs)

) SSH Client
) Public AMI browser
*) (Obviously) Ability to launch / shutdown instances

I'm sure there is a lot of stuff I'm not thinking about...
My man pages tell me that egrep is the same as grep -E (--extended-regexp). There's also grep -P (--perl-regexp) which is even friendlier to Perl/Python/Ruby users, in that the parens and braces work the same way.
Lessons That I Learned From Waegis
It is. Both Thomas Ptacek and Dino Dai Zovi say they were wrong in thinking it was not a big thing. Read this:

http://blog.trailofbits.com/2008/07/09/dan-kaminsky-disquali...
http://www.matasano.com/log/1093/patch-your-non-djbdns-serve...
The early days: How 37signals built buzz out of the gate
It's a really bizarre situation. I've talked with some of the Android guys on IRC, and they basically say "we know it's a really bad situation, but we can't change it, and we can't even say why it is like it is". Which is just weird...
It appears, based on http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/14/the-mobile-web-is-here-...

That 10M apps were downloaded.

That's a crazy number.

Any chance you have the to-date number for BB users?

I'd put money that the market will bear out my argument.
Expired links should be less common
We recently released a new version that uses constant urls for vote arrows and reply links on comments. This should make "expired link" messages less common, because the supply of closure ids won't run out so fast.

The new code is gross, as I feared it would be.
In other applications you might be able to postpone this compromise. The big problem for News.YC turned out to be crawlers. They burn up closure ids as fast as real users, but the traffic you get from them is a function of the total size of your site.

We also made a few optimizations, so the site should be a bit faster.
The comparison between the iPhone UI and Windows Mobile UI is the crux of the matter. With a device that you use dozens of times a day, every single day, the UI better be damn good. As of now, the UI on mobile devices has not been good. I've had a Dell Axim x51v running Windows Mobile 5 and 6, and let me tell you, this pda would crash at least once a day due to memory leaks or other gibberish. I shudder to think what the phone versions of Windows Mobile are like, since just the PDA was so unstable.

This also reminds me of the people trying to rid Verizon phones from their horrific UI and replace it with the UI that originally comes on the phones. Just because VZW-UI and Motorola-UI phones are equally functional, does not mean the UI does not matter.
Android: We’re Listening To Developer Complaints. We Just Can’t Do Anything About Them
Email the draft to people you know.
Quote was more intended at the article than your comment. :)
John Forsyth, a Symbian exec, was talking about how unsexy it is to support a manufacturuer when launching a phone. Maybe his words can provide some insight to those who jumped to bandwagon too early:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7082414.stm
The biggest problem for android developers is that there is no phone, you don't know when there will be a phone, and you don't know if that phone will be popular at all.
"Here at Fog Creek Software we get a lot of requests for a tour of the office, which we usually have to decline: we have this unusual obsession with giving programmers quiet working conditions."

An open-plan office that's far from silent because there are people around you working is bad enough, but the thing I hated most about the office situation at my last job was that whenever press, potential business partners, interview candidates, etc. visited, they were given a tour of the office. I always felt like I was an animal at the zoo. ("oh look! a code monkey! throw him some peanuts, maybe he'll code faster!")