skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
this reminded me of an article back in 2004, where an engineer discovered sake can be used to make wood pliable enough to form it into speaker cones:
- http://www.boingboing.net/2004/04/06/sake-marinade-soften.ht...
Thanks, hadn't seen that.
Thanks for the constructive feedback, that's why I love this place. :)

- I haven't decided whether I want to keep the logo at all, and where it should go. I may play with it more later.

- Thinned out the numbers to reduce their weight, and it seems to be enough IMO.

- Here our taste will differ. But that's a good thing, right?

- Currently this works on one machine with one browser. If people like it, I'll polish the hell out of it, sure. Cross-browser and cross-platform will be the first thing on my list.

- They were awkwardly lumped to the header in the current layout, I think. Just wanted them to have a little space to breathe.

- That would be the second thing on my list if the style finds users.

- Good suggestion.

EDIT: formatting
I Am Not A Designer (terrible with colors), but I've read this book: http://www.amazon.com/Non-Designers-Design-Book-Robin-Willia... Which I very much recommend.

What you're observing is probably the lack of a strong line on the left side. The right edge of the Y Combinator logo ought to form a guide line down the page, with the voting arrows' right edge X pixels to the left and the text X pixels to the right of that, and this line should also propagate through the text entry box and the reply button and so on. Instead, there's the logo, the link, the textbox and reply button (which do at least line up with each other), and the first layer of comments, each of which has its own individual vertical line. (I think. Comments and the title text are close but I'm not sure it's quite right, and there's so much interference in between it doesn't matter.) I Am Not A Designer but I know enough to know that's wrong.

Also, the bottom of the Y in the logo should form a horizontal line that the rest of the text in the title bar lines up with, whether or not that happens for you appears to depend on the zoom level of your browser. (For me right now the "Add Comment" is visibly above the Y, but when I zoomed in to look closer it actually dropped below that line. By the way, designing on the web is hard. Also my website sucks and I know it. It's on the list.) Something should probably also be done with the horizontal line the voting arrows line up on.

Cleaning that stuff up would be a start. It probably wouldn't be enough, and then I'd be stuck, because I only get the really basic mechanical stuff. Everything I've phrased as fact in this comment should be taken to be opinion, it would just be very tiresome for me to type and you to read the same caveat over and over.
This. Frankly, there has to be TOS around any API released, because there are always nefarious uses just waiting to be exploited by non-"legit" consumers.

Actually, you can (and should) build protections against spam and improper use into the protocol instead of relying on a centralized gatekeeper. All truly open systems do this.
Any hope of a quick run down of these other examples? (Or at least a few of them?)
In the footer the google (site:...) one is there, but no one ever checks the footer and it is just a link.

I think that it was put there after the previous big complaint thread about search but it hasn't helped any and the best way to search is still searchyc.

Edit: previous hoopla http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1329334
Rereading the title I agree that it could be stated more clearly.
Nice. In a way its feels a lot like they are underpaying. Clearly these bugs are worth 2-4 times the amount paid.
If your only source of income is affiliate commisions, then it is extremely risky. What happens when amazon decides they don't like your site any more,and cancels your affiliate account?
Im sure you don't want to be posting here 6 months from now saying "amazon killed my startup"
Ask HN: What's the geekiest joke you know?
So Descartes walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Can I get you a beer?" Descartes thinks it over for a minute, and finally, replies, "I think not," and poof -- disappears.
The current design is functional and minimal. It's just what's needed and no more.

But I'd say it lacks conveniences. Like text set to 'reading-size', for instance.
I didn't put _that_ much thought into it, thank you. :)
Ask HN: Domain names that start with a number, good, or bad idea?
Specifically something like 29fish.com (which I just made up). Is this confusing (twentyninefish.com ??), bad for SEO? Is it ill advised? Would it be better to own juicefish.com?
I think I would be more likely to move back to firefox if they changed to a release cycle more like chromes where small features are added in pretty quickly through silent updates, rather than big changes over large amounts of time. Probably a little offtopic but I was looking forward to trying the new firefox as my main browser when it was supposed to release about now.
Sorry not sure what this is, but are you launching a similar site to about.me ?
Found: Excellent Startup
Option 3: ask nicely.
I signed up as an individual sponsor. I really want to read this book. Anyone else?
That would be a functional rewrite, not a styling.
What about a website structure representation?

(I'm working on it)
Totally agree.

Just pushing your kids to be #1 at something is like designing a system with a single point of failure. What if the kid is not able to achieve it? Obviously, with a large population striving to achieve the same thing, there will be failures. What would you do then?

Instead, parents should concentrate on raising stable, open and mature children. Children, who as adults, develop a good sense of discrimination and discretion. Children, who know that failure is a part of life and they better learn from their mistakes. Children who realize that not everybody can be #1, but it's still worth trying. Children who appreciate the journey, and not just fret over the destination.
I'm not a user of Cork'd but I didn't find Gary's explanation at all 'comforting' - it seemed full of contradictions and along with Gary's unusual nervous body language (remember, he's a pro speaker and practically masterful in front of the camera when he is feeling confident) I went away feeling he wasn't really explaining the real reason(s) why they are closing Cork'd at all.

Which leads me onto your second point - that's exactly the reason Yahoo or Google don't do a video when they shutter a servie. They have no intention of telling you the real reason for shutting a service down (eg "it wasn't making enough money", "it's not strategically important any more") and if they gave a BS video we would all know it.

Which leaves me to conclude if you are not going to be straight forward about why you a closing a service (the rights or wrongs of that are beyond scope for here) then perhaps it is best to say little/nothing in a nondescript blog post or press release - and certainly not a video.
Looks good

- had a problem swaying from iphone not the app... Got an error saying there was a problem
- have you thought of making this a facebook app?
You could pick and use a favourite -- 'Linux Libertine' will do quite alright I think.
Haha good point. How would you have put it, though?
So you could have the root be "Is it for", and the options being the different people, instead of just yes/no.

That said, it seems like the tree would be more likely to waste a bunch of whitespace. If the goal is actually to have a working flowchart, that might not be a problem, but I think in this case it's more of an "entertain and amuse" kind of production, so I actually prefer the compact arrangement.
Unfortunately this is true of 'localhost' when you have no internet connection if you don't pass the '--enable-ipv6' flag to Chrome. Oddly enough it also happens for 127.0.0.1, which it shouldn't be doing DNS lookup for at all.
A hillbilly asks his son what he learned in school that day. The son responds, "Pie R squared".
The angry father comes back with, "What are they teachin' you in that place? Everybody knows cornbread are squared; pie are round!"

C isn't that hard: void ((f[])())() defines f as an array of unspecified size, of pointers to functions that return pointers to functions that return void

It takes a million monkeys at typewriters to write Shakespeare, but only a dozen monkeys at computers to run Network Solutions

and my fav

I'm sorry for the double slash (Tim Berners-Lee in a Panel Discussion, WWW7, Brisbane, 1998)

U didnt mention they had to be funny :)
Developer access, protect apps in development from public view
Given that this isn't my field, I tried not to make any assumptions. I made my comment based on the following Graph Description:

"Each time, positrons in the beam collided with electrons in the spacecraft. The particles annihilated each other, emitting gamma rays detected by Fermi's GBM."

I wasn't aware that Gamma Rays were created by anything other than positrons colliding with electrons.
It's missing that extra "superficial hipster" touch, though, you have to admit.
I think I'd like to have free random problems, and a pro account would include problems that have a video explaining that particular problem's solution. Something along those lines.
I think it is fine, but if you can't get both (29fish and twentyninefish) you might want to consider the latter.

It is more likely though that a person would type 29 over twentynine just over the shear size of the word, same goes for things like 103 and such, but thirty could easily be typed.

Sorry if that came off rambly but the size of the number typed will matter and you most definitily don't want something like 2fish.com if you can't get twofish.com but 103fish.com if you can't get it spelled out would be fine it is going to depend on the size of number word typed.
There is a great discussion (and explanation) of this in the book on interface design "The Inmates are Running the Asylum".
"Alright, we're discussing "open" vs "free"."

No, we're not discussing one thing vs. another, we're discussing different things. That is a whole other situation entirely.
It's worth noting that Android browsers don't support SVG (yet).
These days, if all the pages on a site are publicly spidered, then it's likely that Google will do a great job of searching your site for you.

I've seen many sites with terrible search boxes that look like they use the built-in MySQL full-text search. I find I often get better results by just searching through Google with a site: tag.

It makes me think of cases where OpenID is used over in-house authentication. Why maintain something when there are already free systems that will do that for you and have worked out all the kinks?
Ugh, I'm so sick of seeing arguments to or from Gruber. He's like a constant Apple soap opear. Google is a business and they're allowed to make decisions. Switching to WebM saves them money, pushes their codec, and their users (Chrome) lose ZERO functionality. Google obviously feels that this switch is beneficial to them and their users in the long run. If you disagree, don't use Chrome.
Hadn't heard of simplegeo: look cool...one of the only startups wthout a jobs page: p
If you are interested in SVG charting engines, check out Highcharts. Used them on a project recently and really liked how it turned out. It's a shame that VML performance in IE is so terrible when SVG performance in Chrome is so awesome.

http://www.highcharts.com/
The low-contrast karma-number is a nice touch. I agree that my karma rating shouldn't be as prominent as it is. I hate logging scanning the site, having my eye hit the karma number and mentally doing calculations of how it changed.
Stuff I have read indicates that, ideally, you should be able to convey it verbally without a lot of explaining. If it isn't clear whether it is "4" or "for" or "fore" in the domain name, you have a problem. I ran into that issue (of not being able to readily convey it verbally) with my first domain name so firsthand experience backs that up (though the issue wasn't a number).
I really don't think there is anything to complain about here. When I hear that an API is "open", I have always assumed that means that it is published, and open to the public to use, both of which are true of the Twitter API.

However, I have never assumed that "open" means that I have a right to abuse a publicly available API without getting banned for doing so.
Show HN: My iPhone app to send Voice Call based reminders JustRemindIt
I launched my first iPhone application - “JustRemindIt” couple of days ago! It's a part-time project so I'm super excited about this accomplishment, so wanted to share this joy and app with HN and receive some valuable feedback.
It's an application to send Voice (phone) call based reminders to your friends, colleagues, clients and yourself. Check out the homepage http://justremindit.com for more details like what are the benefits of Voice call based reminders, who is it useful for, etc.

It took more than 6 months in part-time to make it at par with commercial apps in the App Store. Finally, it's available to download here - http://appsto.re/JustRemindIt. App is FREE to download, and comes with few free reminder credits to play around. After that you can recharge your account with pay-as-you-go model.

Please download the app, use it, and let me know your feedback - all kinds of inputs are welcome. If you like the app, I'll really appreciate if you can write review as well.

I'm super excited about this first step and looking forward to real challenges that will begin now. I've lots of plans for future versions, like support for recurring reminders, SMS or Email reminders, seamless integration with Contacts and Calendar, Group reminders, etc. So please let me know your inputs, they will help me to work on the right features.

Thanks HN! You've been a great source of inspiration throughout this journey! You helped me to not quit the part-time efforts in the middle and helped me finish the first step.
I built this because I needed a way to lock down who has access to my startup projects. Then I decided to release it because I figured others would probably benefit from being able to do the same. Enjoy and please contribute any feedback or bug fixed.
The only problem I see is the iPhone and iPad.

All other browsers are open enough to get native support or have a plugin. Android phones will have support. Who knows or cares what happens on WP7...

Google is taking a stand. It is annoying that Google is removing existing support for h264. It will be annoying if Apple is completely against adding a software WebM decoder for current gen iOS devices, and ignore hardware solutions on next gen ones. But both companies are free to do whatever.

I also think this will have negligible impact in the real world. Youtube will always work on whatever. Content providers can just upload stuff there if they don't want to manage multiple formats themselves.
Much clearer. I hope you get the info you need.
I dislike the "non-profit or charity" section. There is a HUGE difference between a non-profit and a charity. For instance 62% of hospitals are non-profit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-profit_hospital

If they don't rely on volunteers to survive, if they have revenue other than donations, then you should be paid.

Ask the person emailing you/calling you if they themselves are a volunteer.
Maybe he can team up with that professor from cambridge who wrote that letter to the banks and they can be an international crimefighting duo.
This one seemed to perform better.
Silicon Valley Computer Museum exhibit explores 2000 years of computing
Mystery meat navigation. No thanks.
5 Tips To Increase Desktop Software Sales
A network engineer is sent over to Iraq due to his National Guard status being changed. Immediately after he steps off the plane, he's hit with a wave of heat and a drill sergeant pushes a gun into his hands and tells him to report to the firing range.

He gets to the firing range, grabs a magazine, puts the magazine in and lays down an impressive spray of bullets. The drill sergeant, suitably impressed grabs his binoculars, looks at the target, but sees no bullet holes.

Sensing the engineer's embarrassment, he barks at him that bullets aren't free, the US Government has gone to considerable expense to train him, feed him and supply bullets, but, take another magazine, breathe before firing, and hit that target.

The engineer breathes, fires a little more carefully and the drill sergeant seems happy. He grabs the binoculars, looks down at the target and can't believe his eyes. Not a single bullet hit the target.

The drill sergeant, notably irritated at this point starts yelling at the network engineer, telling him that his country is depending on him and he better hit the target this time, and hands him another magazine.

The network engineer taps the magazine on his helmet, blows some sand off, places it in the rifle, puts his finger over the end of the rifle, pulls the trigger and shoots the tip of his finger off. He tells the sergeant, the bullet is leaving the rifle just fine, the problem must be on the other end.
I don't disagree with anything that you say. Don't get me wrong. I am not blaming the devs or criticizing them. The work they have done is wonderful. But the state of development and the obstacles to taking this forward are what they are.
"Do we have any evidence that she's incorrect on the facts?"

There are a few examples of this succeeding in the article. I would also like to know the overall amount of money spent, how much money was taken through taxes, and how many didn't succeed. I'm guessing these stats aren't available. Things aren't always rainbows and unicorns.

"The interesting thing here is the opportunity to observe and measure, rather than affixing labels ("welfare program") and dismissing based on pre-existing beliefs. The abstract arguments just lead around in circles."

Why can't we call it what it is? When people tell me I can't use labels, it's generally because they want to try to hide the truth about something. When you live long enough (although I am only 30), you realize that most things aren't new...including the ideas in this article.

The definition of welfare (taken from dictionary.com): receiving financial aid from the government or from a private organization because of hardship and need.

Pretty much sounds like these programs in Brazil and Mexico.
GitHub Meetup SF #24 - GitHub
Yo Suhail,

Was MixPanel once an opinion/debate site? I swear the name sounds familiar.
Doug Hofstadter of GEB fame wrote an interesting book on this called Le Ton Beau de Marot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Ton_Beau_de_Marot) where he argued that 100% translation was pretty much impossible, and machine translation in particular. In that book he translated one poem from French to English thirty-six times, each time capturing some nuance of the original, but showing that no single translation could possibly capture everything.
Clickable link: http://justremindit.com
My personal favorite touch was the increased fontsize of headlines. I had a much easier time scanning for topics of interest.
Ineffective modification of an existing drug as a means of extending the validity of a patent is a widespread practice. This was possibly not the case here. But given that we are tolerant of such practices and defend them, it comes as no surprise to me that an established drug on the market has no effect on the symptom that it was meant to address.
One solution is split stock ownership in the manner you would without any funding. Then determine the amount of seed capital you will raise and the cost of equity or implied valuation. Then attempt to actually raise that money from an outside investor. If the implied valuation needs adjustment before there are any takers, then use that figure for any stock sold in your seed round. Whether you actually take outside money or not (or sell stock in part to an outside party), let that valuation govern the stock sale. And whether co-founder(s) partake(s) in that round, its treated a separate matter and a separate dilutive transaction from your "founder's stock."

Of course often when the amounts involved are relatively* small (*depends on the venture and the people involved), sometimes the costs that one co-founder incurs is handled in an informal way, and is part of the relatively even contribution between co-founders. Partnerships are never equal (contributory aspect) all of the time anyway. Sometimes you pull more weight, sometimes it's the other(s), maybe it never evens out -- but if it's close enough it's a better working dynamic to leave it simple.
Your mother is so fat, the recursive function computing her mass causes a stack overflow.

Your mother is a convenient proof that the universe is still expanding exponentially

Your mother is so fat that the coefficient of friction between her and her surroundings is greater than static, rolling, or kinetic friction.

The integral of your mom is fat plus a constant, where the constant is equal to more fat.
By the way, we are now accepting people for our closed beta: the first 100 sign-ups will be granted access.
Pyramid "Auth" API Design Postmortem
Well the formatting on the transcript for the official site is pretty disgusting.
This seems to prove many redditor's and hacker's conviction that college is a scam. How can you actually create a good environment to learn and grow when the ability to get in and be in the program are so poor?
The closest thing I know to a geek joke (cuz I just can't tell jokes of any sort) is the proof about hell being exothermic:

http://www.pinetree.net/humor/thermodynamics.html
> On the one hand you have Flash, which has been around for ages and you can't just take it out without breaking a lot of the web.

Google does not need to bake Flash into Chrome. Somehow browsers have survived a decade without the need. Google's stance is bullshit corporate strategy. You bending over backwards to justify it is just comical.

> If you couldn't run flash at all on a Mac, ever, it would be disastrous.

For Adobe. It's not going to affect anyone's purchase of a Macbook just as it didn't affect anyone's purchase of an iPad.

> H.264 on the other hand is a brand new technology

Wrong. H.264 has been around for 7 years. It has hardware decoders in nearly every mobile device. It encodes 2/3 (and probably more now) of the web's video. It's used by almost every single major content provider.

It is WebM that is the new technology. Released 8 months ago to be precise. No hardware support yet (sorry, releasing VHDL designs doesn't count), almost zero content support, etc, etc. This isn't even close.

> there is still time to make the right move before we end up in the same position as we are with Flash today: everyone wanting it gone but it not being easy to remove it

Except no one wants H.264 gone. It's a high quality standard supported by devices everywhere.

> (similar to the GIF situation as well)

The GIF situation turned out fine. Thanks for the great counterexample to your logic.
I can't but applaud MIT for being so dedicated to OpenCourseWare.
This should be called "How to be a real man", by Professor Touretzky.
Why do you feel the need to tar the person who offered this as a "superficial hipster"?
Documenting IT servers, services, networks... application dependency mapping. If you can query the graph, you can analyze the impact of changes before you make them. That's exactly what our product does see video:
http://pathwaysystems.com/?autoplay=impact
He does mention he may sell it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGIKes5HkE&feature=playe...
Here is a link to an Open source ERP framework. http://tntconcept.sourceforge.net/en/index.html.
Disclaimer: Haven't used it.
H.264 is not new. All those Flash videos? They're almost certainly encoded in H.264.
Well the article discusses a different issue - the drug passes objective animal-based anti-depression tests with flying colours but, for an unknown reason, is ineffective on people. This raises the question of how we should objectively measure anti-depression efficacy.