skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
RMS doesn't have a problem with the ACL code (obviously he would prefer the GPL for it, but I reckon he would consider it free software), as he doesn't have a problem with GNU/Linux distributions shipping e.g. BSD-licensed code. And, yes, he is opposed to non-free books, though he distinguishes between those which should be modifiable and those which shouldn't be; for more on this: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/copyright-and-globalization.ht...

On a different note: there's is no reason to call him names for not signing ACL, he just takes a principled stand. Why should he sign it anyway? If I had a copy of ACL (yes, I am poor) I wouldn't want anybody but pg to sign it.
Computer Graphics for Java Programmers by Leen Ammeraal is a damn good book and the most complete introduction to computer graphics that I've seen. A professor of mine once called it "the SICP of computer graphics." In that respect, it has clear explanations and great exercises. However, it is also dense and math-heavy, so it will take some discipline to work through the book.

If you just want to play around with graphics or don't like to program in Java, there are programming environments made especially for programming graphics like Processing [http://processing.org] and Nodebox [http://nodebox.net/]. Both are free and have tutorials readily available.
IPhone debuts in Mexico at half U.S. price
The "it's got what admins crave" line makes me pretty sure it's intended to be silly.
Calling him an asshole for not giving you an autograph? I am rather impressed by his determination. He should have double checked the license for ANSI Common LISP, though.
What'd you make them with, out of curiosity?
Say Goodbye to Darkness, Let the Light of the Future Shine
what would you do with your personal spaceship?
Like the idea here. Always thought that here is a lot of room to improve in this space even though last.fm and pandora do a great job bucketing songs using social intelligence.

However your I could not play any songs from your site.
It definitely is.

I did some first tests with one of my client's accounts I am managing, the numbers are off up to ~40% to the real impression numbers we got. Not that bad!
Why is it that climate change denialism shows up on Hacker News a lot as of late ... this isn't the first article of this type that I'm seeing here.
This probably isn't appropriate for posting here, but I'm out of ideas...

Does anyone have a contact email for mattmarroon.com? There's an infected iframe distributing malware in his Twitter Revisited post but I can't find a way to get in touch with him (no published emails and his whois is protected).
How are these things connected? I don't know of any browser bugs where the workaround includes writing non-well formed code.

And what useful things does XHTML not allow (which HTML allow)?
Ok - where's the next news/forum/community site that we're moving to? YC is starting to get noticed :(
Good point and well put. I'll give it some more thought, but my initial hunch is that the ratios of overhead will still converge, if for no other reason that software which doesn't expand as quickly (the kernel) gets factored out by the hardware-driven convergence on zero.
Soon Objective-J and Cappuccino will be open sourced and all your questions will be answered, but until then...

Yes, that's correct. Most visual elements are absolutely positioned divs (called "views", CPView in Cappuccino, NSView in OpenStep/Cocoa). We catch all events and handle them ourselves (i.e. determining which views get the event, etc). This gives us things like the "responder chain" and much better control over events. Normally it's impossible for an element behind another element to receive an event, but not in Cappuccino. A lot of little problems are solved by this approach.

There's a lot more to it than that, but it's late and I need sleep...
OmniGraffle for the line charts and Numbers for the pie charts.

I've learnt through experience that people take you more seriously if you have pretty charts. Even nerds who should know better :)
Okay wait - just who buys Playboy today? This is a weird idea for them - I don't know a single person under the age of 55 who even cares about that mag. How many 55+ men care about female bloggers? Just weird.
Nope, Stallman does not attack Gates FOR his philanthropy. That's misstating the facts. He questions the mode of operation of the Gates Foundation based on an LA Times article, possibly this one: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gatesx0...
On To Do page:
buy a SSL certificate or self-sign so key transfer is not in the clear

Haha. I don't think the idea (if this is not a scam/joke) has merit because even if you forget your SSH passphrase, you have access to the server via a root password (stored somewhere safely in a fireproof-safe; and even if not physical access at worst). So the traditional key escrow should not be necessary.
Why not run Google ads for both for 48 hours and then compare the click throughs? Let the market suggest to you which they prefer.

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All in all you'll likely spend $50 or less. One suggestion: have an email/beta signup form on the landing page to capture folks who are interested.

As for good (cheap) logo designs, there are lots of places to find good logo designers and lots of places to find cheap logo designers. Why cheapen a good product/domain name with a cheap logo? IMO logo design is a major part of branding - you shouldn't cheap out here.
http://www.macrumors.com/2008/07/10/apps-available-for-downl...
The E61i replacement the Nokia E71 sounds like it matches your needs (mostly) I think it's not quite out yet but very soon.
Home Depot coupons
Commentary on how to find the best Home depot coupons.
The Mirror Neuron Revolution: Explaining What Makes Humans Social
In HTML, the noscript element may be used. In XHTML, it is forbidden.

document.write() and document.writeln() cannot be used in XHTML, they can in HTML.

In XHTML, the use of the innerHTML property requires that the string be a well-formed fragment of XML.

Also as far as I remember there are odd things with iframes etc.

Also the fact that HTML:
<input type=checkbox checked>

becomes
<input type="checkbox" checked="checked"/>

can add quite a bit of unnecessary bloat to a page.
Linguist geek?
Do you want to help work on a semantic web service with me?
JungleJam.tv
I would sell the beast and hire you.
reverse DNS points to 208.185.168.22.zipmath.com

Also hosted on the same IP: http://cracks.n.hax.com/ and http://portcode.com/
I am so sad to see this. Thanks for posting it, though. Maybe I'll...ghhk..ekkk...switch. I went through the entire PEP and found that I'm following every other convention but two (multiple imports on one line, and I seldom write docstrings).
I read a study that showed that 2,3, or 4-space indents were equivalent for readability. Therefore, I always use 2.
Well, it's dead now. We'll have to await confirmation that the flagging had any effect, or whether it was doomed in any case.

... and now it's not dead anymore. Hrmph.
The Perfect Server - OpenSUSE 11
perhaps, one builds up a set of neat macros and using emacs it's quite workable. For mathematics, Word still can't touch it. Word is also all about constantly needing the next $500 version. It's not clear also that they ever got this wysiwyg thing correct. It seems to change the fonts all the time in arbitrary ways. Sorry, I'd rather memorize a bunch of tags and use emacs.
Yahoo's BOSS:  Build Your Own Search Service
Economic theories for Web 2.0 companies (mentions Scribd)
I don't see it as extortion, I like of think of it as share and share alike. Someone elsewhere commented that GPL advocates want to be paid back in code rather than money. There's some truth to that view. I like the analogy to the "tragedy of the commons". Everyone wants to graze their cows there for free, but then sell their milk for profits.

Programs are a form of mathematics. Freely (as in freedom) disseminating them is a good thing, it fosters creativity and synergy.

Enumerations are also a good thing, they help us remember and clarify contracts. The bill of rights is a good example. You have freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, to be secure in your letters, etc.. Notice that implicit in some of these is that you cannot deny others these rights.

I've noticed many are content to dismiss RMS because of his character. I've felt that way some in the past also but I would urge you to read some of his essays and even more so the works of Lessig, Moglen, and others in this area.
Architecture of the largest paid forum in the world
Don't worry. You will. Sooner or later :-)
I like my Blackberry 8830
Calculator porn? There's now calculator porn on the internet? Oh man...
holy crap! there are iPhone apps in iTunes, right this very second! not much use downloading them yet, as the 2.0 firmware is not yet available, which is a prerequisite.

for iPhone lovers, this is going to be better than Christmas.
In for example roshambo that is the case but not in poker.

Poker has dominated strategical choices so someone playing gametheorhetically optimal will beat someone that doesn't.

Of course if his opponent is also playing GT-optimally they will tie.

Then of course there is rake to consider so if the opponent plays close enough to GT-optimal you might both still lose if the rake is high.
you could use his startup contact form - http://www.draftmix.com/help/contact_us
Turn your Idea 2 Company
Another New from Reddit
Here are my thoughts on the topic.First in the real world people don't go around with profile info printed on their shirts, and mathematically filtering people based on that information. People in the real world interact and exchange information differently from what most dating sites do. I have a few online female friends(no girlfriends yet though) and I've met6 them all in different online communities. Mostly music sites like last.fm or different internet forums specialized in my favorite music genres. Basically if you want to make a dating site, don't, instead make an online community where people can interact and communicate about a specific topic of interest. Sites that just offer communication(myspace) might have a lot of users, but the users have to search for people with the same interests and stuff. In a specialized community, that problem is solved, and people can just discus stuff they like. In Bulgaria most dating sites are filled with 14-15 year whores who just want some attention, i wouldn't date girls like that, even if they were my age, they are just to boring(boring girl:I like music, and parties, and chatting with friends; interesting girl:dating sites are boring.)
I agree that one shouldn't attack Gates FOR his philanthropy, but one should look closely at that foundation before forming judgments one way or the other. There are lots of questions about it with respect to his views on drug patents and one can legitimately question the investments. After all, the Perkins institute for the blind was founded by a drug dealer.

Moreover I didn't read the RMS as attacking the foundation.

I was put off by the tone of many of the blogs pieces about the RMS article. I've never seen RMS as "bitter" about MS. I think it was good timing on his part during this little love fest at Gates' retirement to point out that MS has not done much for computing science. RMS has given programmers a lot, much of it for free (as in beer and as in freedom). The only thing he seemed to be bitter about is the Linux versus Gnu/Linux thing.

I suppose this reflects my age, I felt the same way about the Arc bashing when it was released. RMS walks the talk, say what you want about him but you know where he stands. I wish we all had a similar regard for the US constitution.
Size Does Matter, At Least In Email Subject Lines 
"Short email subject lines result in a higher open rate, but longer ones result in more clickthroughs."
Link to original blogpost on this subject:

http://vertonghen.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/erlang-or-utility...
Actually, Moleskine notebooks are really well made, for a notebook.
Ah...Mac. Damn, I've been looking for something on Linux to make graphs like that... simple "economics style" (no actual data;-) ones with basic curves and labels.
Sample Store Catalog using using Groovy/Grails/Java Persistence API/Glassfish/MySQL
Yeah, wish I could help. But Mac == pretty graphics is a cliche for a reason.
I disagree, this is an extremely relevant article to hacker news. What percentage of internet traffic is carried by telephone companies?
Where the hell is matt ?
JungleJam.tv review
The Worldwide State of the Mobile Web - Nielsen report [pdf]
Blizzard does not offer additional power, it's only through the use of third-party add-ons that you have it.
Twitter Back On Track? - Raises API Limit To 100 Requests Per Hour
Search War: Yahoo Opens Its Search Engine to Attack Google With An Army of Verticals
I would take eigenvectors of many matrices with many dozens of dimensions to advance my radical AI agenda through principal component analysis as a function of time.

I can do that right now of course, but not anywhere close to real time with practical datasets.
Will The Facebook Profile Redesign Affect Advertising?
Hydrogen Gas Soon Cheaper Than Petrol
They sure are there! And our app (zintin) is one of them. I just downloaded it right now and things are looking good. Yea you can only download if you have the developer license with the betas installed.
Herbal Viagra - A New Discovery
I really doubt any of my readers have much use for this piece of knowledge (I hope not!) This topic has been discussed oft and tribes all over the world have laid claim to their own ancient versions of ‘Herbal Viagra’. There is no reason normally to discuss this topic but I have come across what seems the weirdest one of all the ‘herbal’ version sightings.
Well I think we already know the answer to that.
Nature, it seems, is the popular name
for milliards and milliards and milliards
of particles playing their infinite game
of billiards and billiards and billiards.
The iPhone App Store "an attempt to dominate the next generation of computing"
ITunes is Anti-Web
Obligatory joke: "Beachfront properties to follow."

The moon has a weak atmosfere, right?
Swerve Left To Avoid That Satellite: The Growing Issue Of Space Debris
The soft heap: an approximate priority queue with optimal error rate
Yeah, the GNU/Linux naming issue is one thing I never understood. It seems very petty to me, arguing over credit. I wish his attitude were "The good is done, great! Let's do more." :)

But maybe that's because I've never worked on anything as hard as Stallman did on GNU. Still, it seems impolite.
Who Needs Music Labels? Last.fm Starts Paying Royalties To Unsigned Artists
People With Open WiFi Not Responsible For Illegal Uploads
If this were 6 months ago I would say you had a point. But now he's in a position where his message on any issue is going to get out. Voting in a way that protects the Constitution would have handed him a much bigger weapon than any handed to the Republicans.
You're not taking anything away when building open source software into proprietary systems

From Stallamn's view, I'm pretty sure you're not taking anything away by restricting the creation of more proprietary software. Proprietary software pretty much doesn't exist for him.

To understand his point, you really have to apply all of the moral frames relating to 'freedom' to software licensing. In that view, to license software without distributing source is akin to licensing software with a clause to give up your first born.
Does JavaScript need to be re-branded?
As a JavaScript fanatic, I'm happy to see people's opinion of the language starting to change. JS is a really powerful and interesting language; I would even call it beautiful. Long gone are the days where VB.NET & ColdFusion drones were telling me that "my" language is a toy for graphic designers.

I'm all for any "rebranding" efforts.
As a JavaScript fanatic, I'm happy to see people's opinion of the language starting to change. JS is a really powerful and interesting language; I would even call it beautiful. Long gone are the days where VB.NET & ColdFusion drones were telling me that "my" language is a toy for graphic designers.

I'm all for any "rebranding" efforts.
UK's "first green supercar" has speakers to generate fake engine noise
Agree 100% - no iTunes at work and at home I use Ubuntu. Guess I won't be an Apple customer.
DIY satellites
Is Pollution Slowing Global Warming?
I voted it up.

A government that wants to surveil its citizens without any accountability is not one that will tolerate an open Internet for long. This story is totally relevant.
M security fears persist, but businesses see benefits
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That increase in volatility usually precedes a correction.
Then they would have pointed that out.

I agree with your point that it's not the best statistic to show the basis, but the underlying premise remains the same.
Saying that iTunes is anti-web is like saying that any desktop application is anti-web.

When you click on a link in the browser it is forwarding the request to a desktop application. Just because the application connects to a remote server and displays html type content does not mean it needs to go in a web browser.

This is classic idealistic programmer blindness.

Examples:

I could write this program and I don't think it's worth $20 so it should be free.

It should be open source.

I can't reprogram my the fuel intake of my car so it must be anti-web.

etc, etc, ...
Pot Boiler: A New, Faster Way to Heat Water
OK, so I'll say it: any desktop application is anti-web.

Is it programmer blindness? The reason I hate it as a programmer is that I don't see any compelling reason for the store to be not on the web. And it is very inconvenient. So it appears to be bad design, which disturbs the harmony of the cosmos.
woah I didn;t notice they added cpc data as well.

cool!
Instead of:

tot = x + y

Better:

sum_ = x + y

And I can't see nothing wrong with:

freqs = {}
for c in "abracadabra":
try:
freqs[c] += 1
except KeyError:
freqs[c] = 1

Or:

nested = [[1, 2, 3], [4], [5, 6]]
flattened = sum(nested, [])

It is worth to mention dict.setdefault():

indices = {}
for i, c in enumerate("abracadabra"):
indices.setdefault(c, []).append(i)
It isn't on the web because it is integrated into the software that you play your music and videos in. This is a good thing.
Why? There are players for music and video for the web, and in any case, this is supposed to be a shop for iPhone applications?

If the players for web don't live up to Apple's standards, why not improve Safari accordingly?
It's interesting to note that Clinton opposes the FISA bill.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/09/obama-clinton-split...

I suspect that a large part o this is good old fashioned politicin'. If very liberal Democrats find Obama's position to be too moderate,t they'll likely still vote for him. However, the gamble is that this will make him seem less alienating to the center and more liberal Republicans.

I am expecting more of these "moderate" shenanigans from both Obama and McCain in coming months. There is an aggressive (perceived) battle to be won for so-called "swing" voters.
... Graphs you pulled out of your ass.
IPhone App Store Has Launched
Apple App Store open for business
Why urlencoding is a good 'format' for ajax.  What do you think?
That's a big difference, considering the difference between lawyers' definitions of "derivative" and everyday usage.
This 'small scratch' can make Internet 60 times faster
Mobile web reaches critical mass
No reason? Seriously?

How about some business reasons?

- Don't have to test on multiple browsers.
- Can upgrade the browser engine automatically with application updates and tie new features to iTunes version
- Less risk of HTML hacking (source is much harder to get to), increases entrance barrier
- Long term goal of familiarizing Windows users with a mac style interface.
i admit I only use Itunes for music/video.. and it is convenient to buy and then automatically be in my library where I can fire it up quick or export it to my ipod.

For Iphone apps it might not make as much sense.
Survival of the Sudsiest: The importance of beer
And now it's dead again?
Hot damn I've been practising Spartan Programming for years before I read this article. People thought I was crazy then :-)
Noone said it wasn't. Fact is a gametheoretically optimal player will beat all players than dont play gametheoretically optimal.

So yes you are right that a perfectly playing bot might not beat a really weak player for as much as the best human players would but that is not the question here.
The question is whether a bot can beat the best human players and if it plays GT-optimal and the human doesn't, well then the bot will win.

And it doesn't matter if human players can still beat the weak players for more.
If people find out they are playing against robots they will quit playing (well I'd assume they would).
The goal of malicious bots wouldn't be to beat the highstakes-games but rather fishing out the small ponds.
And then the pyramid falls and you will have to get a real job;)
<irony>I guess web applications were the wrong approach all this time.</irony>

I am surprised that it is still possible to buy applications for OS X anywhere. Why don't they tie OS X to the iTunes store as well?

In fact, why doesn't Apple just create it's own internet, completely isolated from the real internet?

Edit: one reason I can accept (just barely): pushing apps directly onto the phone if bought in the shop. I still think there should be a way to view the apps available in a browser.
I have nothing against the convenience, I am just surprised they do it that way. I would have thought that basically iTunes integrates a browser for the shop, with some "plugins". So you could have the best of both worlds. If you want to just browse, you can do it with a normal browser, if you want the convenience, use the iTunes browser.
Personally I would rather have descriptive variable names such as "this_goes_to_db" or something to that effect. But then the question is how long is too long? and by me practising that I find my code it readable but at the same time uneccesarily verbose.
4 Things You Need in a Cloud Computing Infrastructure
SVG blobs. Neat interactive in-browser demo
ISO Technical Management Board Recommends Rejection of OOXML Appeals
Weekly Celebretards: Nicole Ritchie and Bridgitte Nielsen
BSD and MIT gives you the freedom to take away other people's freedoms using the code.

This sort of doctrinaire newspeak is what gives GPL advocates the appearance of a cult. Developers who incorporate some open source code in their app and don't release it aren't taking away anyone's freedoms.
Google open sources Browser Sync
More DTrace envy
XML vs. Google's new protobufs
These seem to be inexact data. Especially for rare keywords and non-US territories the results are off (I don't think Bulgarians search for "coroutines" more than Americans)
I agree. It would be easy enough to write autoquoting versions as macros, but since the names are taken your new let/lambda would have to be named something else.
Illogical Kansas statute for deadlocks
Net could be 100 times faster
App Store is Open. Download Apps from iTunes
Well Jeff, I understand you have a right to be upset at the value you got for all the money you gave Apple for that info.

This is a rant against what he sees as a stupid business practice, but in a business argument of Jeff Atwood vs Steve Jobs, do you even need to know the question before you decide who's right?
IPhone 3G teardown