skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
She actually said they were mistaken? From what I watched of her speech she completely ignored the issue.
How are we supposed to find out who voted it up and ban them? We're not mods (at least I'm not). The best we can do is express our distaste at the fact this that is on the front page.
To my credit, I also tend to recognize that I fall into the trap of learning new things because I like to learn new things and never use them. This is the same trap that catches you always starting projects and never finishing them.

Learning a new language to me would be just that; starting a NEW project. Instead, I'd like to take something I know well and learn to do even more with it. That to me would be an educational effort well spent.

In that vein I feel that working with other devs who code at my level on a collaborative goal would be something I have yet to experience and that I think I could learn alot from.
Adventure time!

> Do you actually want to work in a large dev team?

-- Yes

>> Why ?

--- Want to gain knowledge about 'working in a large dev team'

>>> Why?

---- Because... it might be useful?

>>>> You're stupid.

---- Don't know.

>>>> You're stupid.

---- Some actually valid reason.

>>>> Wonderful! Please state it next time.

--- Want to learn about [insert hard thing here].

>>> What's stopping you?

---- Nothing.

>>>> Damn strait!

---- Not motivated enough to learn it by myself.

>>>> Join a start-up dealing with [insert hard thing here].

----- But... but... it's against my entrepreneurial spirit. (Which, by the way, please don't lump together with the hacker spirit, you insensitive clod!)

>>>>> Wipe off your wah-wah tears?

--- Want to be around people.

>>> Hint: The open source community doesn't hit up bars after work.

--- Need large team experience to tackle cool problem X.

>>> Are other people tackling cool problem X?

---- Yes.

>>>> Join them.

---- No.

>>>> You don't need large team experience. Take your passion and just get to work.

--- Don't know.

>>> Read 'Getting things Done'. Also: You're stupid.

-- No

>> Then why did you post this?

--- Because you're silly.
Democractic Nomination: Twitter, Blog, and Nominee Website Activity
I've been taking resveratrol for months and I have definitely noticed an increase in endurance.
do all ASP.NET websites really require a VPS/dedicated server

No. A shared hosting plan will go a long way. From my experience the biggest performance issues with hosts have been with shared SQL servers with hundreds or thousands of dbs on them. I have not used SQL Express in a shared environment, so I can't comment on the performance of that scenario.

I'm guessing I would be running IIS

Correct

Would Windows Server 2003 be difficult to set up and manage from someone who is used to setting up Linux servers

No. The concepts are the same. You may find IIS limiting (no built in mod_rewrite for example) but you should be able to find your way around any limitations. The problem with running your own Windows server is that you have to become a Windows security expert. You can't know enough about how to secure a Windows box (and yes, it can be done). If you don't want to manage the server and security, there are plenty of managed hosting services.

On the same note, how memory-intensive are simple ASP.NET websites?

As memory intensive as simple PHP sites. The sites will use as much memory as you program them to. ASP.NET itself is not memory intensive. You can run a ton of small-traffic sites on a single box, although I'd recommend more RAM but that's for Windows and not ASP.NET specifically.

would I need to pay anything in terms of licenses

Nope. The Windows license is included in the hosting fee. SQL Server on a shared server will likely be included, SQL Express is free. If you get a VPS and want to run your own full-blown SQL Server instance, you will need to pay for it and it's expensive. Some hosting companies offer SQL licenses payable per month. Visual Web Dev and SQL Express are free to download and use, including for commercial sites.
Don't Phage Me, Bro
Perhaps I've had a long day, but this feels a bit like recruitment spam to me.
You could say that about basically any politics story - the point is that when politics are involved, discussions like this one happen. Politics has made Reddit's frontpage basically unreadable to me, and I would hate to see that happen here.
This not new. The phone etiquette since Day 1 has been that the person who made the call, redials.
If I could legally bet against him I probably would. McCain is an idiot. He's old. He's ugly. He's got awful cancer scars. He's sick as a pike. He's a hypocrite. He's a criminal. He's (possibly) insane. I'm aware of his faults, but I'm also aware that none of them "stick". Obama and his various followers have consistently broken a key rule of politics: Do not insult the voters. I expect more of the same.

Obama is a pyschologically interesting person, and I can't help hoping he wins, in a way. (Only because it would be interesting, though). McCain is as interesting as Franco, which is to say: Not at all. Obama, by contrast, grew up politically as a strict identity-politician. That is, a "black" politician, who mainly tried to divert public money and favors to a particular race. Read his bio. This attitude is somewhat artificial and I'm not sure that he has the sort of natural bigotry of Jesse Jackson or Sharpton. Nonetheless, his politics are damn close.

His goal now is to divorce himself from his past: First, whatever his "real" personality is, plus the somewhat phony personality he concocted during his Chicago inner city days. He's got a lot of contradictions to cover up, and a lot of hard acting to do. I think he'll crack, frankly, before it's over.

Another thing: He's a wimp. Wimps lose. McCain is a bully. Bullies win.
Let's hear it for a crippling capital gains taxes!
Ten Essentials for a Web 2.0 Entrepreneur
No, it's not just you. It's PR bull basically. The good HN job posts are witty, humorous, and get to the point without any BS.
Organizations of interest to FOSS developers
Icahn Steps Up Yahoo Attack, Seeks Yang's Removal from CEO
Hrm, I submitted the same link two days ago.
Whoops, I meant 'Go Barry!'
Third-party iPhone applications to arrive Monday
Hey, I my research is heading in that direction. Maybe we can help each other out. (Although, I suspect I may not have much to offer yet.) Send me an email if you have time (purdue.edu walshmj). Thanks.
Really? Which magic bin is that? I've got a PhD from a foreign university and I'd like to get a green card at some point in the future. (Haven't started looking into it yet, still on a J1 visa.)
Methinks you get your info from some pretty biased sources, none of which you cite.

And your last "point" is just plain horseshit.

Congratulations to Obama. You've got my prediction here and now he will be the next president...by a landslide.
maybe the moderators are off on a honeymoon, or something?
> the major cost center for PCs is hardware, not software

Microsoft has increased the cost of Windows licences while the cost of hardware components has decreased. The result is that the "free" copy of Windows that comes with pre-built PCs takes an increasing slice of the costs. If a hardware manufacturer can sidestep the OS cost while providing its customers with a functional computer then it gives them a huge competitive advantage.
Any details on using MySQL with this?
I suggest you talk to their Talent Acquisition Strategist about silly job titles.
Zoosk isn't a YC company is it? I thought that the Mods were dead-linking ads for companies that weren't YC funded. Either the mods aren't around today... OOOOOoohhhhh.... PG's on his honeymoon. My bad. :)
Trouble at eBay
Are you using F# as an ASP.NET language?
If throwing money at problems worked well, startups would be screwed.
A deceiving headline. They imply that they have inside information, but when you drill down, it is a series of sourceless "shoulds."

I still don't know how Apple could possibly ship a phone on Monday when it has yet to show up on the FCC database --unless they have somehow arranged a Monday approval date with the FCC.
And your last "point" is just plain horseshit.

Ha ha. Hillary Clinton seems tough as nails compared to him, and she's wept publicly half a dozen times during the campaign. First of all, it's undeniable that McCain is tougher than Obama. As much as I hate Mac, the guy is 1000x tougher than the average person and he's got the crippled body to prove it. That's a given. Second, if you don't think the bully wins over the wimp, you must be a democrat, because that's a primary reason they can't win the presidency. John Kerry? WTF? Dukakis? Mondale? Carter and Kennedy won on technicalities. Better hope for another...

some pretty biased sources

Ha ha. Obama's bio. The guy is obsessed with race.
1.5 e+3 = 1500 people. Is this large enough of a market? It seems like it may not have much growth potential ...
Ok, Ok, 128 was just a hipshot. Lets do it right

40 GB = 42,949,672,960 bytes

1 month = 2,629,743.83 seconds

40GB/1month = 16,331 bytes/second

8 bits per byte -> 16,331 * 8 = 130,648 bits/sec

So round about 131 kilobits / second.

Dialup was 50 kilobits/second practically so almost but not quite 3 times the speed of dialup.
I hate Obama as much as anyone, especially for tax reasons, but I modded you down anyway just for trying to start a political argument.
Interesting to compare this to Dick Costolo's Launch Late to Launch Often:
http://www.burningdoor.com/askthewizard/2007/03/launch_late_...

I love the art of speed slides. They definitely made me want to be more decisive.
The AP story is incorrect. Senator Clinton will not concede the nomination this evening.

From: http://blog.hillaryclinton.com/blog/main/2008/06/03/163233

That's pretty fishy wording, and her newer posts seem to be very close to conceding...
So What is a Direct-Threaded, Register-Based, Bytecode Interpreter Anyway?
No it is not and you are correct in that assessment. Personally, Obama does not represent a good portion of my views in terms of policy, but what he does represent for me is a new wave in politics, a wave that is once again representative of the people rather than individual incentive and making decisions based on who is going to line their pockets. Anything to end corruption is better to me than someone who is going to promise to act within my set of views for what is best for this country and then do the opposite or what they want.

My view, personally, is that government should act as a safety net rather than a guiding father figure. I tend to float towards more libertarian policies than anything, small government and as little intervention as possible (a view that can be considered almost the complete opposite side of the spectrum than Obama). My view is that this nation has grounding and worked for so many years to be a country of opportunity, therefore, the structure of government should reflect that ideal and anyone who is willing to work hard should be rewarded for it (no free gifts).

What I do support from Obama are his values (or proposed and believed values) as a human being. Not his religious values or the garbage perpetrated by the media (ie. reverand Wright). He gives individuals a reason to believe that he is going to act on what is best for society and that enough might be what will make me forget about his views of government. Yes, he most likely will propose policy that is near opposite of what I believe and I will make that admission, but I hope that having a man with a sense of ethics will take this country down a path where someone with my sense of views and his could come to some sort of a compromise with what is best for this country. I would rather have that than the selfishness thats perpetuated this country since I have been alive. I would rather have a man who will admit when he is wrong and correct it than someone who will ride it out. Call him a flip flopper or whatever bullshit title you want to call it (I am talking to you media), a real man will admit when he is wrong or made a mistake and then go to fix it.

Back to why it is relevant, it is news to you as a hacker because he represents technical views that are in line with what most hackers view as what the internet should be; maintaining status quo and keeping the internet free. I know without a doubt Obama would insure that the internet would continue to remain free and would not be corrupted by big business and allow them to manipulate the way traffic and data flows. That, above anything, should be the most important issue to you, as is to me. To my limited knowledge, he has promised to create a new IT oriented branch of the office if elected, which is once again relative to you. I have had quite a few drinks tonight (I know it is a wednesday but I will give the fact that I am in college as an excuse) but I hope my statement is coherent; the more you think about it, someone in politics, or more specifically the president, has almost the most significant impact to any hacker as almost any individual possible and that is why it is relevant to you. Cheers!
Exposure to New Things, Still Good (More on Maglev)
I live in Tokyo right now. Everyone is very busy, yet it's obligatory to be polite at all times and with all people (at work). Don't know how it compares to NY though, never been there.
The phone numbers are a particularly interesting idea, but how did you intend/did you get in touch with all the people after launch? Did you and a few others manually sit around and call 20,000 people?
That will save some money. I only need to pay when my website successful enough so the usage is higher than the free quota. Hmm... cool...
Ask YC: How do you define "leaving" for vesting purposes?
I've heard several times that it is good for founders to be on a vesting schedule so that nobody leaves prematurely and makes a profit out of the other's work. However, since the founders usually serve as board of directors members, officers and shareholders in the company and are not necessarily employees it seems to be difficult to define "leaving". How do people do this usually?
I also got coupons for some McDonald's stuff when I ordered "The Algorithm Design Manual".
Number of Obama Meetup groups: 71
Number of Obama Meetup group members: 4,037

Number of Ron Paul Meetup groups: 716
Number of Ron Paul Meetup group members: 28,870

Source: http://www.ronpaulstats.org/Meetup_Groups.html

Largest single day online Ron Paul fundraiser: $6.2 million
Largest single day Barack Obama fundraiser: Errrrmmmm....a lot less.

Of course, if you want to get semantic, I suppose you could say Barack Obama's done a better job using the Internet; the Internet has done more in the way of using Ron Paul.
Singularity definitely counts as on-topic here... there was more discussion of it in the early days of the site. I would encourage you to submit anything you want in this area.
One example is Outstanding Researcher (highest preference category) EB1-OR, which can actually be filed in parallel with an application in a lower preference category.

Technically a PhD isn't necessary, but you're almost certain to have a PhD if you meet the actual requirements. If you have international recognition as being outstanding in a field, or significant experience in teaching or research, or you enter in a position of tenure at a university, you can accelerate your green card application with EB1-OR.
Why don't we make like TCP/IP packets: if there's a collision (i.e., you reach voicemail on a callback after a dropped call), wait a random number of seconds before trying to call again.

I actually do this all the time, and it works great.
Not his religious values or the garbage perpetrated by the media (ie. reverand Wright)

At the risk of being downmodded for injecting more facts into this thread, you are aware (I'm sure) that BHO considers Wright to be his spiritual mentor? The connection is not a media invention or media "garbage" by any means.

You are also aware that Wright and his church are ideologically and officially associated with views of an extremely radical nature?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_liberation_theology

Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago is the one church frequently cited by press accounts, and by Cone as the best example of a church formally founded on the vision of Black liberation of theology

This is the church that Obama spent 20 years attending. Ask yourself, everyone: What would happen if McCain had spent even one day in a church that advocated "White Liberation Theology"?

BHO is probably an atheist like myself and most intelligent people, and his attendance to the church was likely somewhat cynical. But the connection between the church's official dogma, Wright's views, and Obama are meaningful.
I half-agree that this isn't HN material. Half, because I'd really like to hear about HN users' views and opinions about politics.
Every person who uses your service is important, if you can call them personally, great. if you have to email so you can have some hours to sleep then do that. i didn't call but suggested that would be a fun idea to try.

after launch vip emails were sent and then emails were sent to different buckets of people.
You've got my prediction here and now he will be the next president...by a landslide.

I wish you turn out right, but not that this is far from the case if the election were held today:

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Obama/Maps/Jun03.html
Auction Software
AJ Auction Pro is the best Auction Portal script software available in the Universe. Being a PHP /MYSQL Script providing complete online auction solutions, it has now expanded to offer services such as Merchant Solutions, Packaged Software and Enterprise Solutions. Unlike the various majorities of services out there we make a difference!
One step closer to creating a Dyson Sphere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere)!!
Ours is a web app that helps you explore interesting and famous websites across a huge collection of categories. It's a nice way to discover the websites that you are not aware of. It is member recommended and the websites are genuine. It even allows you to bookmark your favorite websites for quick access in the future.
You should check it out at http://www.hitlinkz.com
Why would your startup have directors that weren't employees? You aren't Alcoa.

From our experience with the lawyers, the "leaving" in vesting refers to employees of the company, which is all you should have.
"pre-IPO" stock options.

Lovely.
oh I do miss seinfeld ;)
How the Web Was Won (2008)
Billionaire investor George Soros sounds alarm on oil bubble
I don't think you should worry about being downmodded for injecting facts (downmodding is more of a reflection of the community rather than the validity or relevance of a statement) so never have that be a determinant of your opinions.

I would definitely agree with you, as I am sure you would with this statement, that Obama would not renounce himself from the church if it were not for the presidential election and the way the media has portrayed the situation. But what we might disagree on is what the definition of spirituality is, and subsequently what that influence has on values and opinions. You and me could have exactly the same viewpoints on every aspect of every thought but differ on spirituality and views of god etc, but does that necessarily mean that those values would reflect in our decision making process.

I don't necessarily support radical values (being white it would make sense that I am not a black "radical") but I will admit that sometimes it takes a group of radicals to have influence on a larger group to bring influence and equilibrium to the status quo.

To inject more facts into the thread and refute the McCain statement, a slow undercurrent and momentum has been to show light on McCains pastor Hagee:

http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/the_mccainhagee_connection_...

Basically the same, yet opposing views, of Wright. Any logical individual will acknowledge that Black's have been oppressed throughout the history of this country, but I don't think that either of us are in any position to make judgment on whether they should feel as though they need to advance their race or make sure that they are considered equals among society any more etc.

I think the line that was crossed by Wright was the press conference right before Obama disassociated himself from Wright. It was clear at that point that Wright was taking advantage of the media coverage and milking the spotlight. I would have done the same if someone that I considered a friend sold me out to fame, fortune, press, whatever. To me, integrity and ethics are more important that religious values.
I'd take that even further and say that instead of nothing, there's too much you can do with Photoshop that you can't with paper prototypes and HTML mockups.

The ability to do drop shadows on text and use all sorts of fonts and apply a motion blur and lens flare and opacity and all that doesn't translate well to the Web.

It's very frustrating as a Web developer to have someone send an over-Photoshopped mockup that won't work well as a functioning website.
The SDK is not quite out of the beta yet.

The devleopers have not had a chance to test their apps on new iphones or any real devices (not the developer devices with custom firmware).

There is no way apple will unleash thusly untested apps on the users. You can only make one first impression and it better be the good one.
Ithink the Dems have the right man fr the job - Obama is a wonderfuly intelligent man who will bring all the requisite nuance and intelligence to the presidency (his choice of favourite films, for example, reveals a man very sensitive to different aspects of culture within America, and indeed the world) - but unlike Kerry, he's got the charisma and power to not have that come off as 'flip flopping' (the most ridiculous branding to ever decide an election on - a shameful year for the USA, that was). Internationally, he comes off as a sensitive and reasonable American patriot - I think this is a very good combination for international relations.
There are a ridiculous number of old-school hackers quoted in this story. Really cool stuff.
I have no problems with databases, but anti-dab articles crop up on Hacker News every now and then. I was wondering if my fixation on db's would hamper my progress...
Susan Blackmore talks about memes, temes
That's quite a spirit right there; great respect for that, and upmods won't quite do justice. I salute you sir.
I recall Apple themselves saying late June for the App Store go-live. They could have pushed things forward however, but I doubt it.
One way to do it is make founders firable "at will" instead of "for cause", so if one founder is acting up the others can kick him out to satisfy any defintion of "leaving" and that's that. The downside is that co-founders can conspire agianst you and kick you out for no good reason. So you have to weight probability of one founder dragging his feet vs. several founders conspiring against an innocent.
On the third side, eventually you will get investors and they may choose to fire you "at will" if your agreement allows that.

Confused yet? Now go talk to your lawyer - he should have experience.
Wait a minute... if they hadn't deployed, it's not like they would have gotten those lost sales.

The only actual damage done was that the few bids that failed left their customers with a bad taste in their mouths. If they hadn't deployed when they did, they still would not have seen the money.
I think there are some lessons to be learned here for general users as well.

Just because the majority of people aren't on the autism spectrum doesn't mean that they should have to be subjected to distractions and confusing interfaces.

Sure, an interface for a six year old would be overly simplistic for the average user, but most of the tools out there fail remarkably in the other direction.
how does one "mod down"? I see only and "up" button. Thanks.
Microsoft to put "many millions" of servers in cloud