skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Are you insinuating if I intentionally didn't place the adsense in a separate div with additional css settings and that the current implementation was intentional ad placement? Then yes it was intentional, you use a heatmap algorithm when building my gui's that shows me where attention is for starters so the data to move forward on it was a no brainier but how many pixels up etc impacted revenue by 15%! Still testing that element out.
If I'm not mistaken, Netflix uses multiple types of DRM (for iOS, PCs, Wii, PS3, etc). The Windows DRM is for PCs and the XBOX, possible some others (Roku might use it, I think the NXP-chip uses Microsoft DRM).

This is actually the problem with Netflix on Android - Android doesn't have any DRM standard, so it's up to the hardware manufacturer to include it.
My mother is pretty happy with Ubuntu. Give her a browser with Flash and some speakers, and she's all set. I'm pretty sure she doesn't know what 'linux' is, though. She lives the mozilla fox way of life.
What do you wish you knew before you spent hours trying to fix a bug in IE6
fine, but if I am making a third-party authentication service, how do I prevent the users of that service from being bamboozled by simple javascript? How does facebook prevent a website from being bamboozled?

Is there any technique that facebook can recommend (such as signing the uid and sending the signature along with the id on all server requests) so that the website isn't fooled?
"the actual make-up of cro-magnon brains"

There seems to be no agreement about what the word "cro-magnon" refers to. Possibly the phrase should be disused? I have frequently read that cro-magnon refers to the first homo sapiens who arrived in Europe. With that usage, "cro-magnon" is just a way of referring to us, a synonym for homo sapiens. But the phrase has other uses. Some writers continue to refer to "cro-magnon" as if it refers to some distinct species, different from us. But then, the question arises, which species are we talking about? Who is it related to? Why does it need a unique name?

As far as I know, the most exhaustive coverage of the various human species is in Ian Tattersall's book, Extinct Humans:

http://www.amazon.com/Extinct-Humans-Ian-Tattersall/dp/08133...

Tattersall is among those who refer to cro-magnon as homo sapiens, and therefore makes the phrase "cro-magnon" largely meaningless. One might say, with greater clarity, "Early homo sapiens in Europe."

Having said that, I should add, there is no doubt that Neanderthals (I'm using the spelling suggested by the Google Chrome auto-suggest, which may be out of date) were a distinct species, and that they had larger brain cases that homo sapiens. There is no evidence they were smarter than us. They never showed much advance toward abstract thought, which gives us reason to assume they were dumber than us, at least using traditional (habitual) notions of "smart" and "dumb".
It is I simply said "Before you click yes or no I'm not really who you think I am. I'm a dude...no not a chick with a penis! Focus here, clicking either button will share this link with your facebook friends. You've been warned and um you kinda rock too!"
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Nintendo: 37 Million Wii Consoles Sold In The U.S. To Date
You'd be surprised/disappointed.

When I taught 11th grade English, I started the year by asking students to write a two-page composition (and gave them a concrete, well-defined topic), due the following Monday. They panicked, hardcore: "How do you expect us to do this? That's 2 whole pages! How can we ever get that muc done?"

Now, even when I substitute teach, I have to spend a decent amount of time hand-holding.

Particularly in classes, it feels like there are not many teachers who take the "Let's try this out and see what happens. It's okay if it doesn't work this time, because we're learning a new skill. It might take a few tries," approach. It's a necessary approach, I think, when learning higher-level thinking, particularly systematized thinking.
Presumably at places like MIT the credential value of a degree is still worth a lot, particularly for those looking for careers in credential-reliant sectors such as academia, but one wonders for how long second- and third-tier institutions with low or no credential value can continue when excellent and free programs like this are so widely available.
Umm, you're making a big assumption that the fake profiles didn't respond. I got the distinct impression from the original article that the fake profiles were kept active. Will that modify your opinion?

Article says: "My two friends operated the 50 accounts while I found the prettiest ..."
Well I've been with Google for 4 years and have some buddies of mine who work there and what your seeing is the front-end, am I encouraging you to click on ads? Nope the other pages don't do that either they just realized truths because of data analysis like:
Users in india like the background to be green and the ad title to be pink but only on a time zone of +7 EST and on a Thursday and for only 9 hours.
But (in anarchist communism at least), there is no "at the top" or "at the bottom". "Better for those at the bottom" is "better for everyone".
You can argue about the numbers, but I think that the basic point is true: this is less of a financial investment and more a strategic one.
It bound the odds to DDG in the face of a lack of information, where you can only extrapolate from what you know - other search providers. It would've bound straight to DDG if I knew one way or another, but I didn't. Context is very important for such phrasing.

I used it to say "thanks", which was the primary reason for me. The rest was perhaps ill-conceived, but it has been amusing to see the spikes up and down in its rank - it went > +10 for a while.
(1) When I see the phrase "known techniques" in the context of math it generally refers to techniques known in the field. Novel techniques are not "known" in this sense. The different, literal, trivial interpretation of "known" makes the word superfluous. That was the motivation for my first comment. In both cases (your point of view being the second) my comment is true; by this flowchart a technique must be known to be applied. The only way I could see someone disagreeing is if they're confused about what "known" means.

(2) It seemed obvious, and moreover too trivial a point to merit more than just pointing it out. I apologize if I've caused any offense.

* To clarify, I don't consider "find a new technique" to be a technique, which is why I said to look at the arrows.
Or rather, vim.
To give you more detail.

Addict is never really cured. Once you're through with addiction, the cravings are there for life. Whenever you need to release your steam the craving for drug kicks back in.

My mentee is coping with that through writing, so sometimes he will not come to work on time - because he's setting his mind straight. So our agreement is that I don't care about his schedule - as long as his work is done according to specified parameters.

I didn't say I don't act differently towards him. I said he doesn't get preferential treatment in a sense that I won't be commiserating him for being an ex-addict. Instead I raised his tempo of learning while gently guiding him through the finer intricacies. But I demand highest quality of him. I also look out that nobody (especially superiors) will pick on him since he is pretty introvert - and I don't want him to slip back due to some extrovert having a bad day.

This guy needs to build character, courage and ultimately self-confidence. And not making it hard for him, plus helping along the way if possible is one of my goals.
Lots of websites mistakenly use zips as numbers.
Check the URL. It doesn't look like it's stealing content, just reformatting it. Like Readability for Instructables.
OK, so when the page resizes and the mouse cursor is left hovering over the adsense ad, some people click without realising and get taken to the advertiser's site. Really, quite often my mouse is exactly over the ad's title. If this isn't against the adsense T&Cs then well done.
Well he is claimed to have started roids in 1998. While he was a great player before '98, he moves into legendary status after '98. With that said, I shouldn't have put A-Rod in the same breath with the Kid since clearly A-Rod also used steroids.
Going along with the buy the best tool thinking I have labored for a while to find the best mechanical pencil that I could find. The 0.3mm Alvin draft/matic pencil has so much to like. Cheap, balanced to the grip, substantial feel, not too thin, cushion tip (like the expensive cross ones) and best of all it leads to an incredible precision in writing.

I LOVE this pencil.

See a review of it here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1318182/review_alvi...
Amazon has had a video on demand service for quite some time now. It works on Windows and OS X and is supported by several devices like Roku.
I wen't from 120 to 5 and going to narrow it down to 3.

One for a high cAnC (what I call my Contextual Ad Niche Countries)
Another for users of those countries that have a high SNP
And another for traffic/engagement (ranking)
Scientists Create 52 Artificial Rain Storms in Abu Dhabi Desert
Suggestion for cool side project: attach an accelerometer and do some fluid dynamics simulation. A bit heavy on the math side; you'd need a good foundation of calculus for engineering. All the rest is here:

http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~rbridson/fluidbook/
Oil's surge in 2010 paves the way for $4 gasoline
Yeah my old man actually asked me to install it after getting slowed down by viruses. All he needs is Chrome and VLC. The little thing pops up when he plugs in a camera too. Bosh.
I'm not talking about local development. I'm talking about getting the running code on the server and deployed.

Want to run X ruby gem or Y python module in your codebase? Better hope it works with the antiquated version of python or ruby on the OS.
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Confidence (Scott Adams Blog)
It seems to me that not only the PHP versions 5.3.3 are vulnerable. I have successfully crashed an older version of PHP 5.0.3.
I got a new laptop recently, and realized that I didn't have a Maverick cd lying around. So while I was waiting for the iso to download, I popped in a Jaunty live cd, then a Lucid live cd. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the incredible progress that the distro has made over the past few releases. I feel like Lucid was the release where it really came of age, and everything started working beautifully. More than anything else, just looking at the speed at which device support is added(often with no cooperation from the OEMs) gives you a real feel for the pace of the community's work.

This post is a great example of the great state of Ubuntu- the author has little more than nits to pick against it. I am incredibly happy with my choice of OS, and the state of desktop linux.
Clojure in 2010
Inflation Jumps in Europe
You are right of course, but you should remember that when governments try to spur innovation and entrepreneurship they have to sell the idea to their constituents and to their talented people. It helps to at least have a great cluster to describe to people what innovation could mean. A sort of crazy end goal to consider. But yes, for most direct comparisons smaller countries should like Steve Blank said be looking at Israel, Singapore and Finland.

Honestly, I think the most challenging thing will be to change Chile's cultural fear of failure. That is probably the single best asset that Israeli culture has in spurring innovation. It is just considered the norm.
I have heard that it's different in other countries, but the system in the USA is pretty clear that IP is a legal construct, and is only used as an incentive, not an inherent right. Article I, Section 8, Clause 8: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_trans...

James Madison, who wrote most of the Constitution, and Thomas Jefferson, who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence (and who were both later elected to the office of President), thought that IP had no basis in reality. http://classicliberal.tripod.com/madison/detached4.html and http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_8_8s12....
It's called social engineering, not lying. Semantics make the hacker.
I think human psychology just doesn't work that way.
I have a Droid Incredible. (Similar specs to the Nexus One)
I don't have animations off. I have 5 home screens and 3 active home screen widgets (Beautiful Widgets and 2 different Jorte Calendar widgets.)

I don't have any problems with responsiveness or battery life.
can u tell us what exactly you're trying to do ... thx
DF regarding this thread: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/01/04/hacker-news-ying
In a BigData World, A Picture is Still Worth 1000 Words
New CDN performance report based on mechanical turk
Not sure when it was alive. My circle of friends includes some people who I'd consider fairly technical people including a lot of programmers (as a percentage) and I'm the only one who uses an RSS reader. Some people use Twitter but no one uses an RSS reader. I often ask candidates during interviews if they read any blogs and only one person over the years has ever said yes and he used Google Reader to keep up with it all.
From inside the Redmond Reality Distortion Field: Why publish documents in PDF?
AFAIK Intel and AMD cross-license everything.

And its not that tech runs just from Intel to AMD.

x64 is AMD tech that got adopted by Intel. Monolith multi-core technology is also something Intel adopted from AMD.

Intel wouldn't dare destroying AMD. Since AMD got created for sole reason to prevent Intel from being torn apart. But Intel will do everything to keep AMD's market share somewhere comfortably below 20%.
The HITS algorithm that you are talking about isn't used much because it is quite easy to game the rankings. There are some partial fixes to it. If I remember correctly the search engine Teoma was using a variant of hits.
I second this one. It's more than just about code -- it's a multiple narrative that touches on 2 different WW2 stories, along with a modern tech narrative. Which all tie in together. It's awesome, but it's a bit overwhelming.

I'm surprised you didn't say Snow Crash. Same author (Neil Stephenson), and also about coders. Specifically, languages, viruses, and reality. It's also much, much more accessible. I usually recommend that people start with Snow Crash and move to Cryto, if they like Stephenson's stuff.
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i wish there was institutions who could start giving diplomas/degrees based on exams passed from these course-wares ... though University Of People is doing a fantastic job and we need few more of those so that education is FREE for all no matter what socio-economic condition you come from as far as you have passion for the subject you can earn a degree or even a masters (No GRE , No GMAT or no other entrance exam BS)...

I salute to the people who conceive and implement this kind of ideas...
Why I'm not buying Facebook
I'm guessing it would be more like those sphere from 'I, Robot'. The limitation of the wheel is that it doesn't go sideways, a sphere would fix that.
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I have a nice experimental result to contribute to this. I installed Ubuntu alongside my mother's Windows installation on the desktop, and a month later, found that she hadn't booted into Windows once. All she really needs is a browser, a pdf and .doc viewer and a media player. Chrome OS would be so perfect.
I don't make sites just with my perspective as a developer in mind if I did that I'd change Google logo and the colors of Thisiswhyyourock would be green (my favorite color) I build based on data and the consensus that confirms what they want to be entertained with. I created the responses same way every single user on facebook doesn't have 5,000 friends It was and still is not my intention to please every user. Just the ones that enjoy the site lol

We'll yes their isn't much interaction in terms of GUI so your correct, I want to go from a more one sided design experience to a robust GUI for the updated version.

Thanks for your input.
Our research lab recently created a more involved version of this using fairly cheap materials that's much more expressive:

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/CAVE/projects/3d_display/

(Don't miss the video at the bottom of the page.)
Nvidia's Tegra is closer to what you're thinking. Tegra has cpu and gpu on one chip.
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Actually, I believe all OCW courses are available via YouTube, or for download at http://ocw.mit.edu as MP4.

Stanford's SEE course are available via YouTube, download, and bittorent.

I like watching them on my iPad off the grid. So having them in iTune-U is nice.
I can't agree more that company culture is hard to change. Maybe even impossible. Trust is a huge factor in creating that culture, and despite outward appearance, friendship between employees does not equal trust. Open communication is the best medicine.

Great article.
The level of the instructions is such that you should be able to hit the ground running, debugging the circuitry might take you a bit longer, I'd start off with a much smaller one to try to get some experience with soldering and handling components, maybe build a few $10 kits to get proficient, then build this. Shouldn't give you any problems.
One will indeed need an envangelist if the coffee machine is designed to work with coffee cartridges :) Great business model though.
Interesting take on confidence, but I have to disagree with the view of will power. I would like to believe that I can act against the greatest impulse in my brain at any given moment, even if I love cupcakes and I am hungry. Anything else seems like strict determinism.
AMD, Intel, NVIDIA: our silicon will power future "smart" TVs
Ha yeah the userbase according to the data is 14-24 so if your over that you don't really even exist in our data. So yes this bright pink remote controlled pony isn't meant for you. Also the site is growing internationally/Europe so I have yet to see it's appeal in other nations so that could also play a part in your enjoyment.
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As of August 2010 Symantec owns those root certs. Verisign is left with the various top-level domain registries.
Mine are set roughy at "wake up", "kids should be downstairs", "kids should be eating", "daughter needs to be bundled for school". I'm not really conscious until 8:30 or so.
Thanks for commenting and to whoever up voted. I was told in another post that this was a useless post. Also thinks we should not be posting youtube links. Glad to think some think it was a worthwhile contribution.
1) "Company XYZ" doesn't do anything. There are people making the decision.

2) I have run into people that will say that. It is usually a bluff.

3) In the rare cases it is not a bluff, you can either drop the business (figuring you don't want to deal with person X) or, if you think they are out-of-line take it to their superiors.

All that being said, if you aren't willing to call the bluff for whatever reason, then they do exert an influence over you. That's really your fault though. If you have backed yourself into a corner where a single contract will make-or-break you and you aren't on really good terms with the people involved you are screwed no matter what.
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I don't mean to be rude or patronizing (it's not my intention at all), but if you found getting the mouse and triple clicking to select a line instead of using 'Shift + V', and double clicking to select a word instead of something like 've', you where probably doing something very wrong. I realize that Vim is not for everyone, but to say you can be faster than what you could be in Vim using the mouse and Gedit sounds like total heresy to me! If you told me that you don't just don't like modal editors or that you where uncomfortable with the concept of motions and preferred the mouse - that would be the end of it and I would just acknowledge that (once again) Vim is not for everyone, but from what I read you never really got to a point where you where proficient enough with the editor to get significant ease and speed.

I've done the timing also and in some cases I've found that Vim gets me to where I want to be orders of magnitude faster, but seldom (if not ever) have I found it to be slower than a regular editor, perhaps with the exception of the most basic of basic editing needs (and even then Vim is probably faster).
We'll I didn't reveal my actual formula I'm using but I'm confident in my linear monetization scale for the simple fact that I've scaled several times already to get to $300 daily and it worked so far.

Started with $1, then $10, then $20 and now $25...going to test it out Wednesday-Thursday at $100 a day spent on advertising.
What if someone revived the NSPlugin and/or implemented SEED for Chrome and Firefox?
I support this project. I was hoping stuff like Meraki.net would be a good tool for this, but it doesn't seem to have taken off.
I suck at web design, so I made a contest to design rubycommitters.org.
Well I've been with Google for 4 years and have some buddies of mine who work there and what your seeing is the front-end, am I encouraging you to click on ads? Nope the other pages don't do that either they just realized truths because of data analysis like: Users in india like the background to be green and the ad title to be pink but only on a time zone of +7 EST and on a Thursday and for only 9 hours.
There were supposed to be hearts in the title, but I guess they got stripped out, so here are some hearts:

<3<3<3<3<3
I've been looking to replace a lost Koh I Noor Rapidomatic about which I had (have) similar feelings. (The older, brass barrel ones are no longer available, even on eBay.) I'll give this a try, albeit perhaps in the 0.5 mm format.
Here's the key: you stop selling content, and you start selling something else.

It sounds very zen, but it's Steve Jobs' opinion:

> "We're going to fight illegal downloading by competing with it," said Jobs. "We're not going to sue it. We're not going to ignore it. We're going to compete with it."
I don't think I've gone to random domains since I was on a 14.4 modem. I find it pretty hilarious that that domain can break even just parked.
Um the amount od negative clicks compared to the amount of positive clicks is very insignificant....every single publisher/advertiser of adsense (adwords) is well aware that their will be clicks with no conversions.
Sorry for the teaser! The site will be a one stop shop for online learning from high school to college, to working professionals.

I've set up a live video platform to connect experts in specific subject areas to interested students with an integrated payment system for teachers that want to charge for their time.

We also plan to roll out a few exciting features for college students. We'd like to connect students studying a specific subject to be able to easily interact with other college students studying a similar subject. So if you were studying 6.001 at MIT we could connect you either via live video or a stackoverflow like Q&A site to other students at Stanford studying a similar course.

I hope this conveys the essence of the site. I'm not yet ready for the full launch, but stay tuned....As I mentioned before, drop me an email if you'd like to preview and give some feedback.
I tried to include nedmalloc 1.0.5 in the benchmark, but it quite simply isn't polished enough for actual use. To start with I had to remove an invalid assertion in malloc() and implement posix_memalign(), only to find that it crashes within moments of application startup.
O/\O Have a high five, well played sir.