skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't remember my scores offhand, but I remember getting weird results the last time I took an online version. I think it said I had low openness to experience, which is weird, because that factor should be pretty much off the charts for me. It's important to remember that while the categories themselves have empirical support, the specific test you took might not have high reliability for assigning scores within any given category.
GeekIsp has been very solid for me. Reasonably priced, communicative, and modern.
I completely agree with you, which is not surprising since I am Bulgarian myself as well and I follow the news on a daily basis. In our case we were lucky because we acquired properties early enough, so we have substantial equity already without even risking to develop anything.

Anyway, I think we are deviating from the topic and from the geek world in general. But it was nice of you to comment so I couldn't resist!

Feel free to contact me personally, BTW, it'd be a pleasure to get in touch with you and share experience.
I've been using 1and1.com for a while now and am still happy.
The article hinges strongly on this quote, which strikes me as wrong:

Windows 7 will ship in 2009, almost certainly in time for holiday PCs. Microsoft disclosed today that there would be no major architectural changes from Vista, which would greatly reduce development complications.

The author probably heard "Vista applications will be able to run on their original architecture" and reported it as "Windows 7 will have the same architecture as Vista."

Noises coming from Microsoft suggest Windows 7 will support "legacy" applications using virtualization so that they can run in their native environments, specifically to set Windows 7 free to do things without the strain of backwards compatibility. Much like Apple when it released OS X.

One thing to remember though, Windows 7 is just vapourware and a couple of videos so far.
That's exactly what an INTJ would say. If you were an INTP, you wouldn't have posted that because you would've been second-guessing yourself. :)
Patents these days are so broad and so many that whatever your idea is, there will be a patent covering it or someone ready to claim that the one they have covers it.

Make a good product, make money, then pay lawyers to sort it out for you. Its all mostly pretend now anyway. Patents really have about as much to do with ideas as Scientology has to do with science.

It also seems these days that the more a company blathers about patent-pending this and proprietary that, the less actual innovation they've done.
I use WebFaction and am very pleased with them. They support hosting multiple sites on one account, PHP, Rails, and Django while having extremely fast and helpful customer service. The latency is good, although not blazing, and I've had perfect uptime so far since I signed up six months ago. My plan is $9.50/month and allows shell access (the clincher for me), 80 MB RAM, 10 GB HD, and 600 GB bandwidth. I definitely recommend them.

http://www.webfaction.com/?affiliate=pillarofeden

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IPhone loses market share in Q1, RIM gains. No biggie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Scream.jpg

Like Edvard Munch's scream, my screed is an act of rebellion against absurdity, creating meaning out of meaninglessness by stubborn hopeless opposition to it.
asmallorange.com
Asmallorange is also extremely good, I used to use them but I couldn't find a way to host multiple sites, which was crucial for me.
techcrunch, the sideshow of valleywag.
wow. now THAT is quite some change. Can you be more explicit in what changed you so much?

I'm transitioning now from an INFP to an ENFP, but that's only because I've found some people who I can feel comfortable socializing with.
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these two types are actually relatively similar (negatives of each other); they perceive and judge in the same manners but emphasize their parts in opposite orders
You must have been with them a long time ago. http://asmallorange.com/services/hosting/features.php
you are an entp presumably?
Top Ten New BS catchphrases to look for over and over again with amorphous meanings. Nice.
Of course. I have a hobby that is also practiced professionally by a lot of businesses and I have been thinking recently of building a software package for the smaller providers since I have a lot of insight into what they need. Because it's also my hobby, I'd be eating my own dogfood and can see what works & what doesn't.
Been using them for years now, no major complaints. They stay on top of Rails tech, which is really cool. I wouldn't risk a business site with them, but for fun piddly sites, I dig 'em.
I've been using hostmonster.com - $6.95/month (2y contract)

They offer "unlimited" hosting and bandwidth now, which means until it's not worth hosting you anymore.

I have about 7 domains with them and they've been pretty reliable.
Maybe ask him to port it, cause you can't port with that license.
Is there a management exodus at Bebo?
From my experience certainly not a legend. Myself and some friends were checked for cocaine by the police last week and we asked them to scan our bank notes to see if this was a legend or not. About half the notes had traces.
Wow! Took the test 5mins ago, found out I'm an INTP too. Now reading these comments and links is blowing my mind! lol
Chicago math students don't have to write theses. I guess they figure it's enough just to get through the curriculum.
Seconded. Dreamhost seem to get quite a bit of flak due to their size, but I have an account with them for "secondary" stuff and it works excellently for that. I'd only use my own dedicated servers for the proper stuff though :)
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On DreamHost right now. Went down a few times, but not a big deal - uptime for my server has been crystal the past few months.

You'll hear that "DreamHost sucks" all the time. Keep in mind that they host around 700,000 domains, and operate thousands of servers, so there will be an inevidably huge amount of people complaining. (Of course, people don't usually rant about how great the service is, so that gets lost in the noise.)

The fact that they're a lot more transparent (http://www.dreamhoststatus.com) than a lot of providers is good, but only makes people complain more (The thinking is: 'It went down! I must complain about the service being terrible.' rather than with traditional hosting providers, where you probably weren't aware of the downtime, unless if you personally experienced it.)

My suggestion: if it's not mission-critical, DreamHost is a good, very reasonably priced choice.
This is probably the best tooltip script around today, the amount of detailing that went into this exceptional.

I think he has every right to ask a price for it. That also shows he has the intention to maintain it. You can't create the same thing for that price, unless you work for less then $0,25 hour.

Getting something like this working cross browser takes a lot of time. Even for commercial use, this is a bargain.
like something out of a video game. Black & White or Populus.

best comment yet: "you know there be missionaries pitching tents over this" http://twitter.com/ibeching/statuses/823727719
The percentages have nothing to do with the results of this poll; they're the percentages for the population in general.
How do they define application memory? This sounds like a partially managed VPS, or at least is metered similary. Does Apache count as memory use?
tokipin: those issues have to do with testing, not the theory itself.

I would argue that if you can't test a given theory, then what you have isn't a theory, but a belief. Otherwise, you're committing the No-True-Scotsman fallacy. The Wikipedia article I cited actually states that self-reporting is to be taken more seriously than the test results. Like, "Oh, I tested INTJ, but feel ESFP, therefore I'm ESFP." This is just rank silliness, akin to an astrologer justifying his failed predictions of your successful romance with, "Well, Mars was entering Gemini, but your love-lines were of different lengths."

As far as the theory itself, the original "Please Understand Me" book is filled with wild extrapolations from anecdata and borderline mystical thinking.

tokipin: also, these four categories are not poorly-chosen. the most significant category is the S-N axis. it's basically this simple: if you meet someone who shares this same letter (you are both S or both N,) you will click. otherwise you won't

This is precisely why this kind of pigeonholing is so maddeningly counterproductive. "Clicking" has just as much to do with personal goals as it does personality similarities, no matter how (mis)measured. What if one is aware that there are benefits to meeting with minds that have perspectives different from one's own? Perhaps that person would most "click" with people wildly differently than his/herself.

tokipin: one thing to keep in mind is these aren't 16 "boxes."

It would appear that this is at least in conflict with the idea that clicking is determined (at least partially) by compatibility on a personality axis. At most, this is an absolute refutation of MB personality theory in that it denies it any predictive power. What's the point of having the categories if you can always plead out of them when the evidence is uncomfortable?
Price is definitely a factor, but one important difference between iPhone vs. Android and the OS wars is that Macs are set to gain a larger share of the PC market than they've ever had, with price being less of a determining factor for PC buyers these days (in the US, at least) than user experience, brand cachet, and the overall value proposition enabled by a given platform. Mac and iPod owners are going to be biased towards brand consistency and quality of product interoperability.

Don't forget that iPod owners looking to upgrade to a convergence device are also likely to be subject to brand lock-in, thanks to purchases made over iTunes. If you buy a smartphone with an eye towards replacing your iPod, and enough of your music library is in m4p format, an Android phone may simply not be an option.
A recent gem from http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/2008/05/21/blingy-problems/al...
I use Lypha for my PHP/Perl hosting. They have the most featured, spaceous, and bandwidth-plenty service I've ever seen for a price like $4/month, and I haven't seen a downtime in months (not to mention the support is great). Get Dreamhost if you want Python/Ruby. Otherwise, get Lypha.

http://lypha.com/hosting_plans.shtml
JaguarPC.com for PHP/MySQL ... been with them for over 7 years
I've been using http://www.websitesource.com for several years now. Uptime is good for a shared host. I would actually recommend hosting your mail elsewhere though. I use the free version of Google Apps which works perfectly.
Well, the results are certainly skewed, but that's not necessarily an indication of anything interesting.

For example, you can't rule out the possibility that the test is particularly appealing to people with a certain personality (i.e. "hackers"), and that the test happens to label these people identically (i.e. "NT"). The fact that the test was posted here, and that the results are heavily skewed toward a small number of types, could be one big example of selection bias.
I don't think so, I think it's for Rails and Django pretty much. I've never had an issue although I only run Rails.
you get what you pay for generally. I'm not sure what you mean by "suck". Most hosts I've used had very little downtime, but you aren't going to get a lot of cpu/memory resources for under $10.

I personally would never get a host that doesn't give me shell access, not sure if you care about such things. I can only guess what you mean by "suck".
Depending on the circumstances, I am happy to use either men or women as role models. Where role models fail, I must be myself. If colleagues harrass me, then I must confront them directly without flinching or being mean in return, and without any private rancour. This will earn respect.

In the battle of the sexes each side invents conspiracy theories about the other so it can ignore its own role in the conflict. It then continues to act in a way that causes in the other sex the very behavior that offends.
Database Normalization and Table structures
You mean: equivalent to hyper-Turing machines.
An Open Letter to Facebook's Founder from Professor Davidoff (a lesson on deal terms)
Ask HN: What self-study curriculum organizer tool do you use?
I found myself recently with a lot of free time on my hands, so I decided to brush up on everything hacking related. Out come Skiena's "The Algorithm Design Manual", Sipser's "Theory of Computation", Axler's "Linear Algebra Done Right", and plenty of other stuff I never knew or already forgot. I want to organize all of that into some method as it was once done in college: schedule, assigned readings, problem sets, etc. except this is all self-imposed. What nifty Web 2.0 tool can I use to do this? A To-do list like "www.rememberthemilk.com" doesn't seem adequate - I think I would like a more rigid setup.
I think http://www.hostgator.com has a reasonable service and good customer service.
Simple Solution: Use one Google Spreadsheet with columns for date, rank, category, industry and any other useful meta information related to your ideas. You can then sort and filter by the various columns. Spreadsheets are an excellent and proven way to organize information.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42275

"1 point by ph0rque 290 days ago | link

I guess what I had in mind is to somehow link the disqus users with news.YC users so that e.g. Fred Wilson would not have to re-register at news.YC."
If you're not worried about creating great art, it can often be good to add some drop shadows and gradients. Those little touches can make the site feel more "completed." These tools are obviously cliched, but they're popular because they work.
i'm not saying he has or doesn't have a right to charge for something - just like MS charges for VS2008. I'm just saying that this doesn't cater to my self interest in the long run.

I haven't seen any other tool tips this good in the open source world, but I'd rather use something good enough open source than use something closed; given history open source will catch up sooner or later
Have you considered using a spreadsheet? Maybe a Google Spreadsheet or Excel. You can use to create a list of topics and associated readings, lessons, problem sets and materials. Then create an extra column "completed" to track the status of each item. Then just filter out the completed items to see what else you need to do. It's a simple solution, but should work well.
Wonder what their Myers-Briggs personality types would be :)
They aren't ruining creative industries at all.

If you're good and can market yourself you can always find people to pay the rates you want. If you are missing one of those things you wouldn't be getting the rates you want anyhow. Your work is worth exactly what someone is willing to pay for it. If you can't find people to pay what you want then you are overvaluing your abilities.
Don't feel bad about posting it, I'm sure it caters other peoples needs, like mine.

I've taken a look at his other scripts, great stuff, frequent updates. I don't think open source will be catching up any time soon.
Oops, I should have said Flex. I meant it in the 'oh well, back to the grind' sense. :)

All of our titles have been Flex so far and it will stay that way for a long time yet, I imagine. We started Stunt Pilot in the Flash IDE but it quickly became apparent that it was a really ineffective development environment for what we were doing. Flex has its problems, but at least the core model is more appropriate (i.e. entirely source code, command line compiler).
Yes, and this will probably be my final solution if nothing else comes up. I was thinking perhaps someone already went through the pain of setting up the structure around it, and also maybe figured out some interesting use cases that wouldn't be apparent in a spreadsheet.
ASK HN: Has anyone Used Crowd Favorite for Web Design?
Would appreciate feedback on Alex King's Crowd Favorite. Looks good - but value YC feedback!
I also highly recommend Practical Common Lisp.
"the news" is a filter on the vast flow of data about what happens in the world everyday. it has been the traditional filter for so long that it is accepted as reality by nearly everyone.
It is easier to control people than most think. You don't even have to lie, you just have to control which truths they are exposed to. Control the filter, control the people.
This isn't especially sinister like progressives would have us believe. The corporations aren't out to create 1984. They just want to make profit. So they control our filter with profit as a motivation. What we want/believe is a filter that has truth as its motivation. The reason the media is dangerous is because people think it is latter while it is really the former. As soon as you realize that a source of data is trying to sell you something, that source should be immediately suspect.
I'm surprised they didn't just use the Hacker News source and make the same site but with different colors.
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This is good to know:

>We are always going to offer free accounts pretty equivalent to what we offer now, with enough resources to do something interesting. We will always offer that, but we will, at some point soon, be opening up a full on-demand pricing model.
does it work on ubuntu? if so i'm interested
Social software, semantics, mashups... that's so 2005 :) Maybe they can sum everything into one word ... Google!
Got a Mac? Try Yojimbo or DevonThink... both are superb.

http://www.devon-technologies.com/products/devonthink/
http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/

I've been using DevonThink for a while and it has helped me immensely with staying organized.
I'm not sure how it will integrate with the books you are using, but I'd suggest checking out MIT's OpenCourseware. They provide the syllabi / assignments / calendar used for all of their courses. You could probably take the corresponding classes and adapt their schedules and problem sets. I've done this for classes where I didn't find my lectures or suggested materials particularly helpful.
I've actually been thinking about this a lot lately, and I was glad to see it posted here. This poll also seems to have initiated (in my opinion) some of the best discussions I've seen on this board in a while. Although some polls and "Ask HN"s can be a bit stupid, the good ones are really good.

So, yeah, I'm an INTP. I've lately been acting a bit more E than usual, but I'm still definitely I (am all I am).

(Why oh why didn't Common Lisp abbreviate integerp?)
Apple Lisa article from BYTE magazine, 1983
I transferred my Sophomore year of college and encountered exactly what you described. Freshmen year it seemed like all the students were wide-eyed and eager to meet new people. By Sophomore year all that had changed, much to the dismay of this new kid in town.

I've graduated since and -- I'm fortunate -- things worked out for the better. But if I had it to do over again I almost certainly wouldn't transfer.
Buy?
PyParsing: an alternative approach to creating and executing simple grammar in Python
he.net is wonderful, and has very, very low latency connectivity. No fancy GUI control panel (at least not that I've noticed), just plain ssh access to a good shell and you're on your way. They answer the phone on the second or third ring, a real human, maybe because most of their users are good enough not to need any support. That being said, I'm now looking for a new provider too, because they host only one domain for the cheap accounts.
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Avoid making sweeping generalizations about HN'ers and society at large. If you are using terms from 1984, and you are not a Prole, then you are an Outer Party member. How does that feel?
IMO this site is better for diagnosis. With the yes or no one, I find myself second-guessing the questions.

http://www.personalitypathways.com/type_inventory.html#Inven...
Low latency is what I am looking for mainly, since it seems like most places have acceptable downtime.

I was on Media Temple grid host at one point and it was just slow. I don't want that in a host.
Time to download SBCL from its website - 30 seconds. Not the problem.

Time to acquire the domain knowledge by learning about the different implementations and their respective strengths and weaknesses and decide on one (which could get nasty if you pick the wrong choice) - minutes to hours. That is the problem.
So how did you develop your ear? Any details appreciated.
more info here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7427417.stm
intp actually, though my Ne is strong, so you are correct in that sense. this is what i was getting at about how it can get complicated. my 'function composition' is Ti-Ne, but that's talking about the dominance (perhaps conscious/subconscious) of the functions, not their strengths

Jung said everyone has all 8 of the functions in varying degrees of strength. i believe it's possible (and this is stepping out of my bounds) that you may be, say, Ni-Te (INTJ) but have very strong Fe
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When it comes to comments, I agree with Joel: comments off, get your own blog to create your own voice.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/07/20.html
I actually recently had to install SBCL on my OS X 10.4 (Tiger) box. Here's how it went:

1. Grab from the Downloads folder.

2. Build.

3. Bombs during building because SBCL now relies on a link symbol which doesn't exist in Tiger. Apparently all Mac Lisp users are require to be 10.5 Leopard users.

4. Swear a bit.

5. Search the web.

6. Find lots of people swearing also, no answers.

7. Try CVS.

8. Build.

9. Bombs during build.

10. More swearing.

11. Start hunting through earlier versions of SBCL.

12. About 10 downloads later (and they take a lot of time each to download and build until it fails), finally find one which doesn't rely on the symbol.

13. Am now running SBCL.

All told, about eight hours.
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Can't wait! Avi Bryant is part of this team so I'm sure they will deliver something amazing.
i think Linus Torvalds is INFP
MacOS X Vulnerability Metrics: Apple vs. The World
Ask HN: Most desired programming skills in a startup?
My career ambition at this point is pretty straightforward: I want to join an ambitious startup as a programmer. And I want to get to that point ASAP. My current job doesn't allow much time for programming, so I'm teaching myself Ruby at home.

My question is, what skills do startups most look for, and when will I know I'm ready to start applying?
The point is that people rely on a living wage, and too much competition reduces it to an unreasonably low rate for people in more expensive areas.
I think the point he is trying to make is that Microsoft has failed to create anything innovative, or even follow through with their plans to implement things other people have done, and will be unable to compete with a company able to do both such as Google.
text files win
WebFaction + Django here - very satisfied.
NearlyFreeSpeech has been pretty kickass so far--no downtime that I've noticed. I don't exactly move any traffic, but since you only pay for the bandwidth you use, it's perfect.
I wonder why most people are INTP or INTP. I wonder if this says something about entrepreneurs in general or just cs/internet entrepreneurs.
They had this amazing technology for 10+ years, for some reason few people know or use it.

8 years ago we tried it with java, everybody was so exited, until managment shut it down because they guessed nobody else would use it.

Hopefully Ruby and Rails can change this stigma.