skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
CSS is almost always quicker, easier and more powerful than equivalent presentational markup.

The problem with tables is that Internet Explores does not support the "dislay:table" property, which is the CSS equivalent to table layout. So if you want a certain kind of grid-like layout and you want to support Internet Explorer, you have to choose:
1) either emulate the layout using CSS constructs which were not designed for this purpose.
2) use tables

However this is not a shortcoming of CSS, it is a shortcoming of Internet Explorer. display:table has been part of the CSS standard for 10 years.

I wrote an article http://olav.dk/articles/tables.html to describe the specific context where it makes sense to use tables rather than CSS. In all other cases, CSS is better.
I work ten minutes' walk from the London end. The most interesting part of this is the way most people just stand and stare through the glass. The important thing is not so much the interaction with people at the other end, but just the seeing. Kind of like the way people love showing a just-taken digital photograph to the assembled group.
First let me say I'm sorry for your loss.

The only advice I can give you is talk about it with someone, it doesn't have to be a counselor or something, just a good friend. Also don't think that it does nothing to you anymore in a couple of weeks, it stays hard to cope with but it will get better. Best of luck!
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I kind of like the music of evanescence, it gets me into the mood almost immediately.
Britannica to Go Wikipedia; Planning User-Generated Content Site
Norman Borlaug: How to Continue the Fight Against Hunger
Well, obviously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker-Pschorr
i c waht u did there
It doesn't really say that ebay are doing less auctions than before, just that fixed price are gaining share. I doubt auctions will die off completely.
But megabus lacks comfort and wifi, at least here in the UK.
RIM's attitude kind of reminded me of Gandhis quote:
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
Chalain: Editor Wars: Revenge of the... oh, whatever.
Re: "Steven Carroll’s Four Point Plan to stop FB from sliding into the pit"

Particularly:
4) Advertising is Queen! Current advertising space is too limited and too complicated for app developers to individually sell. FB need to adopt a proper advertising sharing model with application developers. Advertising should be automatically integrated as part of an application, which is sold by FB and sharing 70% of profits with developers (like Google Adsense).

I think the problem is that FB hasn't even figured out how to make money from its own advertising, let alone make money for its 3rd party app developers..
20 minutes of free jazz or grindcore before hacking and time passes a lot slower.

Expanding on this: I don't listen to music while programming. If it can be treated as background music, then it's too boring to hold my attention when I need to get distracted for a moment. I try to listen to some challenging music before programming to get focused, and it seems to be working.
Why? Flash has adequate gradient support.
Pattern:

1) YC user is on drugs, has just completed what he considers to be a hacking feat, or is otherwise mentally stoked, and feels the irrepressible need to share what music he likes.

2) YC user realises that he can tell the world what he likes by posting a news item about it under the pretense of asking what other people like, oblivious to the fact that no one really cares. Note that if said user really cared what others liked, he perhaps would not include his own taste in the post. But he doesn't - this is expressive, one-way-only.

3) Some other YC users feel the same need and so congregate on that thread and reply with their own musical taste. Note that there is no actual discussion (how could there be?), just a bunch of people shouting their tastes into a tube with no one at the other end.

4) YC is less valuable for it.

5) Rinse, repeat every few weeks.

http://searchyc.com/music :

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=132026
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=61831
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=144666
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=139901
etc, ad nauseam.

Am I the only one who thinks this?
That's the point. FB are trying to remain clean and stylish, thus their ads are small and not well made.

Magazines understand that 50% of the real estate must be adverts. Online is no different. The ads need to be bigger, better and automatically integrated as part of the apps. Share these profits with the app developers, have tougher, competition for apps and more value will come for all.

btw I'm S.Carroll
I consider a spell checker obvious, a commodity. Even simple notepad apps like TextEdit.app or gedit have it.

What I'd like is an integrated grammar checker.
groove based music only
WWDC Live on FriendFeed.
Ask YC: anyone know if the Olympics is broadcasting digitally?
hi, i love sailing but it's always relegated to the 3am 10min summary slot. does anyone know if all events this year are being digitally filmed and up for retrieval/purchase??
People share tastes trying to find similar people.

This probably isn't right approach or medium.
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Twitter to make a come back at WWDC?
somafm.com and 90's rock music.
No music during programming. The only exception is to build a accoustic protection against typical noise-office. In this case, I hear electronical music or lounge music (most important: no voice!).
I like the use of the ironic "not!" Maybe the writer was trying to take us back to a time when Mike Myers was on SNL and record stores were thriving.
A perfect example where a company could use revolutionary design to sell highly profitable products AND support non-profit initiatives simultaneously. This 2.0 version would demand a Mac-like premium - and likely enough to help subsidize or give away the cheaper alternative. They could have sold a product line (even as I understand the costs of marketing and distribution) and kept the goals of the original product intact. Instead, they compromised the initial vision to increase the raw number of partnerships.
At the risk of sounding like a Chinese Fortune Cookie: be where you are.

I've been through various major changes like this while working hard technology problems. Sometimes I tried to put my head into the computer and it just didn't work. Other times it was the best thing to do.

Take time and make yourself grieve. If you need a little alcohol, or a sad movie, or some quiet time in a park -- do whatever it takes to make sure you have given yourself permission to cry.

Be in that grief and live it. I almost want to say "enjoy" it, because grieving is a process of remembrance and release.

Then get back to work. If you haven't grieved enough (you find yourself still obsesses with thinking of your friend) then your head and you heart are in different places.

Be where you are. Live in that world fully.
I'm not sure about Brittannica, but I would say that Nicholas Carr has earned the right to comment on it http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Carr
Interesting that they're moving their API more toward message passing.
"The planning of this service is almost finished, and we’ve been working on its implementation for a few months now."

In other words, expect something in a year, or never.
I can't believe they bulldozed the historic Luna Park bar in Union Square to make room for a restaurant when they could have instead put it in the old Virgin Mega-store. What a waste.
bassdrive.com or protonradio.com
I stream KEXP out of Seattle most of the time- big fan of the variety- esp new music, indie bands, some hip hop, and a smattering of everything else... I had messed around with a trial of Pandora, spent some time going through radio feeds from all over the world, and KEXP was consistently my favorite.
Most colleges would let you postpone finals after something like this, so you should be able to remove at least that cause of stress, if you want to. On the other hand, you may want to get them over with.

I recommend going somewhere far away for at least a week or so, to reboot your brain.
Pattern: everyone points to old stuff.

Things like this can change from the last posting.
RockYou raises a $35 million round
Kleiner Perkins hires former chief scientist of Sun as partner
The reason the QWERTY layout was created was due to typewriters. They tried to move the most commonly used letters away from each other to avoid the "typewriter levers/hands" from locking up against each other when someone was quick typing. Thus, QWERTY is quite inefficient since it's trying to make commonly used letters as far away as possible.
Dismantling BrowserPlus
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Ask HN: Can anyone recommend a Venn diagram creation tool?
I'm trying to organize my thoughts regarding a messy problem domain. I've considered just creating a mind-map but the domain can't easily be categorized by a taxonomy (there is too much overlap between different fields). So I figured collecting my thoughts in a Venn diagram would be best. As I don't have a white or black board I was wondering if anyone knew of some easily available tool for creating Venn diagrams.
You can do them in PowerPoint (click on the Diagram icon).
mysql

yes, most queries are on a limited number of columns - none of the columns are large.
Boards of Canada, Brian Eno, and other ambient stuff. Stereolab is also good. There's also this 13 minute ambient song by American Analog Set that is awesome for work: Late One Sunday.
10ms would be great, but anything less than 1 second would work. The database is mysql
I can't say I've ever said this before, but why is this here AND receiving 8 upvotes (so far)?
Will there really be this frenzy of tweets over the Apple announcements? That's what puzzles me most - everybody is going to read about the Apple stuff anyway, where is the point in tweeting it?
thank you, I will look into it
You just can't find some of the stuff on eBay elsewhere, which makes me think it'll stick around. Also, they have http://www.express.ebay.com/ now.
Online music is what I listen to mostly these days as my browser is always on. I love listening to some of these tracks in particular

http://muziboo.com/song/list/nitindubey23?order=2

Anyone into Indian music here? :)

Disclaimer: Link from my startup.
A good (standardised, consistent) mouse-driven interface means one can use an unfamiliar program without reading any documentation first. This, I think, explains the popularity of the mouse (along with its low cost relative to touch-screens and other similar input devices).
But giving a program input in this way can be very slow. The experienced user can't get much faster than the novice.

A mouse, of course, is a good input method when it makes sense for gestures in 2 dimensions to control something. (Hmm, that is rather tautologous.) E.g. drawing (but then a graphics tablet is probably better for this, but more expensive).

With a text-based interface, one must read and learn before one can use an unfamiliar program. But giving the program input can then typically be much faster, and the program can be easily scriptable.
I think NBC was going to be broadcasting multiple events online, but I might be thinking of another event.
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Where is the incentive for average users to install BrowserPlus, and who is going to write things for it?
Icahn's big bet on Yahoo hinges on Microsoft sale
The Nuance of Entrepreneurial Openness
No, I think eBay shot themselves in the foot by acting arrogant towards both sellers and buyers.
I don't listen to music while i program. I listen mostly to hardcore and punk and that's is not good for your concentration. I have 2 tracks with boring D'n'B stuff witch i listen to while i read, but not while i write. While im just browsing and wasting time on the net i listen to HC and Punk and sometimes some metal stuff. If anybody wants more specific details about my taste he/she can check me out on http://www.last.fm/user/pavelludia
Rumours fly before Apple launches 3G iPhone
Oh well. There was a day when poor (or rural) people would have to wait for the publication of a 4-handed piano arrangement of a Brahms' symphony in order to hear it.
Phoenix chokes on 'clumpy' Martian soil
How to watch Steve Jobs' WWDC keynote and what to look for
I mostly agree with you, but I think another benefit of the blackberry is the physical keyboard. After a year (almost) on the iPhone I'm nowhere near as efficient at typing as I used to be on a BlackBerry.
Rumor: Mac Fusion - a new developer Mac
I haven't had the chance to use jQuery, how does it compare to other JavaScript libraries such as MooTools or Prototype?
I didn't forget him, Leibniz was later. By the time Leibniz and Newton were around, modern ideas about the relationship of math and the sciences were already gaining acceptance.
Indian IT - The Phoenix?
I would not let someone else's freak accident derail you, or allow yourself to think that your physical proximity to it is particularly meaningful. Absolve yourself of any responsibility and move on.
Having had the chance to use MooTool and Prototype. I find jQuery the most expressive and matches my way of thinking. Granted it has it's roots in Prototype. But Prototype was never this fun to use and develop in. You just grab something from the DOM and manipulate all you like. A very lovely API.
Wow $35 million for another round of useless FB apps.
My condolences.

I think one there arae very few unhackable things in life. Unfortunately, feelings are one of them. So I'd join the recommendation posted above: try to get professional help.
Sure, but today's standards have been THE standard since at least the siege of Jerusalem and were widely held before that. Whether or not these standards are the correct standards would require a much deeper understanding of Islam than I currently have, but the fact that this understanding has always had a strong presence and the fact that it has dominated since the 12th century does explain what happened.
Although lack of tactile feedback doesn't seem to have hurt the iPhone any...
Personally, I prefer reading words on a printed page over a computer display. Print offers much better resolution, a more natural way to read (for me), and I'm not distracted by email/blogs/work.
Maybe because this is an indication of how disruptive the MP3 players alongside with digital downloads are becoming to the traditional music industry.
Firms show flexibility on career-life balance
I remember seeing something that tactile feedback can be simulated in the mind's eye. If I remember correctly it was some combination of 3d buttons, an audible click, and a very subtle delay/rebound. Any one know who did that work?
"This community means a lot to me."

And you mean a lot to this community. You are not alone.

My condolences for your loss.

I have been in this position several times, so I'll share my thoughts, which may or may not help. That's the biggest thing: everybody's different.

In my experience, there's not a whole lot of healing that happens. Time does not heal. Time "eases". So you have to let that happen organically. Postpone your finals. Put your startup on hold. It's OK. (OTOH, some people need something to do but that's not me.)

Get another room. You shouldn't have to relive that day every time you go home.

Be supportive of your roommate's family; they need you now. Do whatever you can to help them .

Get counseling. You don't need Dr. Phil or Oprah. Just a stranger with some credentials who knows when to listen and when to shut up. You'll probably want to talk, so you'll need a good listener who'll know just what to say to help you along your path. I have found group sessions especially helpful; it was always comforting to know that others were going through (almost) the same thing.

Most of all, let things happen as they do. Some of us find comfort sooner than others. Don't be surprised by how you react; you just don't know.

All any of us ever gets is x days. Although your life will never be the same, I wish you the best in resuming living your x-n days as soon as you're ready.

(If you find help from books, an excellent resource is "When Bad Things Happen to Good People" by Harold Kushner.)
"YC is less valuable for it."

I don't think so.

If YC became less valuable every time someone disagreed or posted something questionable, there'd be nothing left. We'll be fine. Lighten up.
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'Hyperconnected' On A Hyper Growth Track 
According to a recent IDC study sponsored by Nortel, titled 'The Hyperconnected - Here They Come' that examined device and application use and used cluster analysis to identify various groupings,
"Some 16% of the global information workforce is “Hyperconnected” - and the 36% who are “Increasingly Connected” will likely be joining them soon."
Obamania
Wow, was that more or less slow that 14.4 baud modems?
No. Startup Weekend, LLC does not take an interest in any company formed out of the weekend. They used to, but changed it at some point. I think it was from the Boulder II event.
Laptops for children do not improve education
Great Essay with lots of useful tips and tricks. I like the 2 computers idea esp. since I also thoght of it, except I never implemented this idea.

Just one question: 4 hrs is a quarter of the average American's day? huh? Do Americans have shorter days than the rest of the world?
Last I checked 4 hrs was a sixth of a day - sixth of a life if done everyday
Hein
Twitter will be going down during the keynote and in the future it will be looked at as the tipping point at which Twitter finally began it's decline :-P
Maybe - but I doubt it. Coloured windows logo and dodgy perspective on the apple logo on top of the machine.
Technical question: how does something like summize work? How can you be sure to catch all new messages to twitter? I don't think querying the public timeline frequently enough is sufficient to ensure this? Or is there an Twitter API method that yields reliable results?
Great find! This sort of thing gets me really excited..
Where is science fiction leading us and what does it concern?
New record label (EMI) digital exec: I don't buy music.
From NBCOlympics.com:
"In addition, the site itself will offer more than 3,500 hours of exclusive video, including 2,200 hours of live streams, plus full-event replays and extensive highlights -- all free and on demand throughout the Games. Powered by MSN's Silverlight technology, NBCOlympics.com's video will allow users to further customize their experience -- whether by selecting picture-in-picture functionality, watching simultaneous views of multiple events, or setting on-screen alerts and more. This same Olympic video will also be available on mobile devices and cable VOD packages."
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A few years ago I started offering web design services to those in need of a web site. Ever since, It’s been a constant learning experience. When I advanced from website coding to directly interacting with clients, I was taking a pretty big step. It was hard enough trying to understand this crazy markup language, and now I had to learn how to interact with clients? Sheesh. Thanks to trial and error, I’ve come to understand a few things about establishing and maintaining the best possible relationship with my clients.
This is in an industry of scale.

For that very fact alone starting a company in this area would be a really bad idea. It's not even on the decline yet let alone in a weak position.
Not saying the starving masses don't need to be fed, but is enhanced food production really a long-term solution? Seems to me no matter how much food production is raised, population growth will eventually catch up.

That's assuming that there is a natural limit to the amount of food that can be produced on the planet. Also, do we really want to reach that limit, or maybe we all live more comfortable if we can stop population growth before that?
I'm not saying we won't be fine :-)

However, a thread like this is not a discussion. Of the bunch of replies other than my one (and its associated meta-discussion), every single one is a "me too"-like statement that "this is what I listen to". And how could it be another way? We are all different people with different tastes and there is no singular "hacker music" that's best suited to programming.

So, an Ask-YC like this:

- doesn't bring anything new to the table in the OP (particularly since it's been done many times before)

- brings nothing in the comments

- is theoretically incapable of doing either anyway

Therefore, it's a complete waste of space. There could be an insightful article on the front page in its stead, but instead, all there is is this vacuous nothing. YC is worse for it, not better - YC thrives despite the presence of this kind of thread, not because of it.
Thanks, that's really useful, and makes a lot of sense considering my experience too. I am going to take this to heart and work harder on the website!
Atwood: Is It OK to Require JavaScript?
I've used prototype and ExtJS extensively and am now giving jquery a try. From what I can see so far the structuring around the jQuery object makes it much easier for developers to do progressive enhancement as default rather than creating functionality that works only with JS enabled.
I like the message, similar to the pg essay regarding education, that your education and CV is not everything.

In a culture geared towards materialism and success defined by job status and the like, I often feel this is lost.
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And get off my damn lawn!
Man accused of using LinkedIn to steal clients
Here is how to Support Barack Obama as our next President.
(a) Looks nothing like an Apple ad.

(b) Badly rendered.

(b) Product sounds more like somebody's fantasy than a compelling business model.

(d) It's tiny -- assuming that slot is the width of an ordinary DVD slot, it's maybe two thirds the height of a Mac Mini.
Ask YC: What replaced GOTO?
I don't understand how you can write a program without 'GOTO'.
How does the computer know where to go in a 100000 line program without line numbers?
Could someone post a link to a modern example?
They didn't know the answer at Digg.
Sure, but ten-finger 50+wpm typing is a very different proposition to one-finger hunt-and-peck on a tiny screen.
Is this an ad?

I'm voting for McCain, but if you want to support Obama, wouldn't you want to buy direct from him?

http://store.barackobama.com/
In 2008, how is that news?

Put it this way, when was the last time any of us purchased a music CD at a traditional music retailer?

For me, the answer is probably 1999, and not coincidentally, I recently found a paper gift certificate for $15 from 1999 for a Virgin Megastore.
The feeling of being a conduit for a live event is pretty exhilarating.
Ask YC: WWDC 2008 Keynote, Live Video?
Anyone know if there'll be a live broadcast available? I know several people are blogging, and you can follow along with text from mac rumours - but what about a video feed?
I'm really sorry that you are going through this, best of luck. My only advice is to not avoid the tough questions things like this bring up in your mind. Our culture makes it very easy to go through your whole life without ever thinking about the "big" questions. Taking the opportunity to do some soul-searching could bring something positive out of a really horrible situation.
Indeed, it does suck that there is never any sailing on normal broadcast hours... I used to race Lasers but had to stop as it got way too time demanding and $$$.
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As posted on Silicon Alley Insider: "As with past Apple keynotes, there won't be an official live audio or video stream."

Doubt the internets could cope :D
irc.macrumorslive.com #macrumors #macrumorschat

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wwdc-2008-live-keynote-audio-s...