skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The map will shrink greatly. Right now I live about 30 miles from my office and the commute is on the very edge of what I can stand. Make my car driverless (freeing me up to watch TV, read a book, catch up on emails, etc.) and able to travel at twice the speed, and spend the entire trip at top speed (rather than slowing down and speeding up on the highway) and I could feasibly live as far as 100 mph away.

The metro already does that for me pretty well. Granted, I live in an European city.
"I'm not a real programmer. I throw together things until it works then I move on. The real programmers will say "Yeah it works but you're leaking memory everywhere. Perhaps we should fix that."" -Rasmus Lerdorf

When you attempt to make an argument from authority, at least choose someone who has some credibility to use as an authority.
If you notice most of the news is CES 2011 and thought it was worth while info to post. LOts of news coming out right now from CES. Do a search you too will find a ton of new stuff since I posted. Feel free to post! I promise I will not call you out. :)
I wouldn't say that there are spam in the submissions, probably the vast majority of HNers does not go to new page, so it really does not affect the vast majority. Even though it does ignored the last recommendation on submission guidelines[1], but even then I do not see much problems about that.

[1]: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
But only a single owner. That's important, and the title doesn't even hint at it.

tl;dr - Someone is suing someone else and issuing copyright takedowns to Linden Labs since they are hosting the content. Judge apparently didn't think they had much of a case and ordered Linden not to comply. Article thinks this is a violation of Linden's rights and should be allowed to take it down if they want.

Personally, I do see the rights issue. It could have been worded better, I think... At least given Linden the option to ignore it, instead of forcing them. But the judge is trying to protect the rights of the defendant, and said defendant would be losing money if Linden complied. (Linden loses money as well since it takes manpower to comply, but it also takes manpower to ignore the takedown request. If Linden has streamlined their takedown process, I think it unlikely they have a section for Judges' orders of negation.)
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Ask HN: How do I merge my company with a U.S based one? 1.2m views, $30k/mo
Hi HN, I have a collection of content sites that generate between $20k and $30 a month consistently over the past 2 years. Over the next year, this could increase to $40k per month (almost completely passive income).

What I'd like to do is to merge with a U.S (California) based company, and then work for the next 3 years as a H1B software developer in the merged company. I'm interested in working in the U.S for a while, particularly Silicon Valley, and I'm wondering if something like that would be feasible.

I'm a competent software engineer, and I just have that abstract idea. I'm looking for concrete tips on how I would go about making something like this work. Basically, my criteria are as follow:

- I want to work in the U.S for a few years

- I want to maintain roughly the same level of income I have now ($15k/mo), but I don't mind a pay cut if I get to be in a new environment and have more interesting experiences

- I want to be exposed to a more interesting technical environment than I am in now

- I'd like to do this towards the end of this year (2011) or start of 2012

How do I find such companies that would be interested in doing such a merger? How difficult would it be to execute legally? What potential pitfalls await me? Since I have a long timeline ahead of me, how should I start preparing for this?

I can also be reached via email: rubensartist@gmail.com
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I am no fan of chemistry but I accidentally came across wikipedia article about Ascaridole and WOW!!

Also, wikipedia continues to annoy me.. this time with a thank you note :D
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> Remember that people mocked the Wright brothers

Yeah, but how would you drive a driver-less car on a Somalian road, for example? Or through Cairo, or Istanbul, cities not known for their tight traffic regulations? After all we've had the Prius for ~10 years and it has failed to take over the world.
I have ~ 3Gb space on Wuala. It works as advertised. Automatic backups, file sync and versioning are available on pro accounts only. Since the client is written in Java, the interface does not look as polished as it could on OS X.
It might be regarded as ill-mannered to hijack a thread about a serious subject that affects the lives billions with your thoughts on a subject that mildly inconveniences the relatively well-off..?
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Though it is a good initiative, it is not effective yet. In the site the stories are not associated with the name and also there are no proofs. So in a way all the reports are toned down to just say that I had to pay a bribe but not who is taking the bribe. If it has that detail, then that official will be shamed and there is a possibility that corruption can be reduced faster.

But the site's aim is to gauge the amount of corruption and try for systemic changes to eliminate it - I would take even that compared to nothing. So all the best ipaidabribe
It's not a secret, it's in the guidelines.
glaceon:~ $ php -r 'print(2.225073858502011e-308+0);print("\n");'
2.225073858502E-308

glaceon:~ $ php -v
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Aug 22 2010 19:41:55)
Copyright (c) 1997-2010 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2010 Zend Technologies

glaceon:~ $ uname -a
Darwin glaceon 10.5.0 Darwin Kernel Version 10.5.0: Fri Nov 5 23:20:39 PDT 2010; root:xnu-1504.9.17~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 i386
A website with similar interface to SO or Quora would be very useful.
Ask HN: need IP advice
This might not fit under "hacker" label specifically, but thought there would be people here that would know:

I currently own 100+ domain names under a few businesses and personal name. I plan to increase that to 1000+ this year. I'd like to create an asset holding company and transfer all of the domains there, and maybe other intellectual property.

What states are the best for creating such a company? and what are the pro/cons of each.

Things that are taken into consideration: privacy, easy of creation/management of legal entity with the state government. what other factors should I consider?

Once this business entity is created, how do I handle the transfers and usage of this intellectual property? is it best to create some kind of a lease/rent agreement?

If nobody has any advice here, anybody know who is the best person to approach with this question? Is there an attorney that is recommended for this? I figure a local attorney wouldn't know about national business laws.
I'm glad you brought up this interesting point. I didn't know that their global presence was lacking
I can confirm that many corporations still use IE6 for some reason. It's quite ironic how much the value security, but on the other hand let their employees use a 10 year old browser.
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Neanderthals were bigger and stronger than us, but this transcript only references us in comparison with Cro-Magnons. They're still Homo sapiens sapiens so a difference in body mass of 10% seems large (but then so does such a difference in brain mass).
That's a pretty harsh judgement on the field of paleozoology, there.
Where the norm is a five day week, using homicide to reduce the available workforce is counterproductive to getting it down to four days.
You can do all this in any decent scripting language too. In ruby:

require 'rubygems'
require 'ruby-debug'

Debugger.start
Signal.trap('INT') { debugger } # this line makes the debugger run when you hit ctrl-c

# YOUR CODE HERE INSTEAD!
loop {}

Simply hit ctrl-C (sometimes twice) when your code is hung or whatever and then issue the `where` command to rdb. Just make sure you have the ruby-debug gem installed.

It's actually easier, as you obviously don't have to worry about debugging symbols. You can also attach rdb to running interpreter processes and all that good stuff.

http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/ruby-debug.html

EDIT: I've just realised that this will obviously only catch bugs in ruby code. For bugs in the ruby interpreter itself, like the php bug under discussion, you will need to use gdb on the interpreter binary like jrockway showed. Still the point is that you shouldn't consider this stuff over your head just because you only hack dynamic languages :)
It really seems like someone ought to be doing more to try to use Android to publicize free software. I think the majority of Android users now probably have no understanding of the goals and ideals of free open source software, and there is an opportunity to create real public enthusiasm. From a free software perspective, Android is hardly an ideal platform, and carriers and phone manufacturers have a lot of ambivalence about welcoming openness, but I'm still excited by the fact that a lot of people are now walking around with a linux in their pocket.
she still did it willingly

If, of course, you confessed everything and left no false pretenses.
The story is about RSS dying, and the author is upset that Mozilla is removing RSS features and Chrome never had any. Are you also arguing that IE is failing because they still have those features (possibly a bad design decision)?

In which case, what is it we're complaining about? Browsers that have RSS readers are bad and browsers that don't have RSS readers are bad?
me too funny enough i never went to reddit
I'm currently supervising an 37year old rookie. He had some absence issues, so I confronted him.

Tuns out he is an ex-addict (that's why he's rookie at 37). I don't have a problem with people trying to straighten themselves out. He doesn't get any preferential treatment from me - because it won't do him any good. As long as he does the expected work of expected quality he is fine with me.

Knowing that he is an ex addict is valuable to me so I can put our relationship in right context.
:) Great. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
They would? I don't follow. A random number generator only gives you one number at a time. The problem is still 'print X sequence without loops'. No answer has been given here, so there's no meaningful approval to be had.

It's not that using a random number generator is a cheat, it's that it is a (pointless?) lateral move rather than a solution.
I think it's really important to remember this context too.

The results actually show that visitors to sites run by site counters customers show that distribution not that the internet as a whole see's that distribution too don't they?

On a site that I run for developers I see less than 1% IE, on a site that a customer runs that deals with many big corporates it's mostly IE and IE 6 at that. Unfortunately I don't think we'll be seeing the death of older browsers any time soon but in some contexts it's OK not to support them.
I'm currently building a 4x4x4 cube with full fading/multiplexing, using a bunch of TLC5940 ICs. Placing it in a dark perspex obelisk; it's very dorky .. but I can't wait to complete it.
I feel like people just have this need to pile on and add their negative review to things when they see other people doing it. Or maybe out of spite in a public place, just because they feel they have no other recourse and must warn others about their problems.

I own some Vizio products I'm perfectly happy with that have never had issues to date (TV, bluray player). Some of their products are hit-or-miss in terms of what you pay for, but all companies have that thing going on with products here and there and that's what product reviews are for. The one time I contacted support to figure out how to get wifi working on my bluray player because I couldn't find the settings, I felt like I had an average experience and my problem was solved. But overall, I really think that it's the value Vizio gives you that makes it worthwhile. Their products are never exceptional in any other way.

I bought a Samsung LED HDTV a few months ago that was reasonably priced and looked nice, but has some "features" that annoy me to no end to the point that I almost feel ripped off because my TV was advertised as being able to do something and I really didn't consider it functional (especially those damn apps and the app "store"). Whenever I ran into a roadblock, I couldn't even find a support page (apparently my TV model was too new) and support was very unhelpful. I don't hate it enough to seek out venues to vent and I didn't hate it enough to return it (all TVs seem to have this problem to me), but I will bring it up should it ever come up in conversation anywhere. I bought this TV to replace a Sony plasma that stopped turning on, but it was out of warranty so I couldn't expect miracles there.

My Logitech Harmony remote and Apple TV are so awesome I have written gushing reviews and have recommended both to at least two dozen family members and friends during this past month. I will go out of my way to say a good word about these devices that I honestly don't think I can use a TV without.

I guess my point is, Vizio isn't really in the market to sell exceptional products, so people either remember it as 'oh, whatever' or have some real big gripe and typically the product will be out of warranty at that point or it was the user's fault and... basically, just take it with a grain of salt. If anyone was objecting to Vizio based on their trade and labor practices, fine, but a row of bad comments months after the story is published is lame :(
I will break your legs next time I see you yuppie scumbag!
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Search Engine Optimization Blog
It is right that a search engine optimization blog can increase the traffic to your website and if I say that it will also indirectly increase your sales, so it will not be an overestimation.
Ask HN:  Does HN rating system unintentionally  encourage flaming?
obviously not intended by HN, but it seems the comments where some one is called out or flamed, get a lot of comments and as a result, points for the creator of post. Is this fair? Doesn't it encourage more flaming post or comments?
This article misses a very important point: that Facebook wouldn't be required to start reporting its financial earnings until May 2012, 120 days after the last day of its current fiscal year. http://mashable.com/2011/01/03/facebook-ipo-may-2012/

This week's move essentially buys Facebook 16 months of time until it has to IPO. So yes, Facebook will essentially have to go public, but it won't be for a while.

Goldman and Facebook knew exactly what they were doing.
That's one small-ass screen.
The idea has been there for a long time: take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic_number_system
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Because the guidelines ask you not to :)

Please don't submit so many links at once that the new page is dominated by your submissions.

http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.htm
Brilliant touch, I laughed when I noticed it.
Shame that drag and drop doesn't scroll the page.
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Buying jewellery online by placing bids in auction has become a trend now. There are a number of sites selling their jewellery products online through auctions. These sites make you available a wide range of jewellery like gold, silver and platinum rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets etc. at incredibly affordable prices.
I guess that's meant to be a criticism of capitalism. Note however that health care is a highly regulated market which is much more likely to be accountable for the behavior you noticed.
True, though the finance industry does get the most benefit out of the arrangement by a longshot if you're measuring in dollars.
Couldn't help but notice that a while ago the user submitting those links asked for the benefits of having a higher karma on HN (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2051403).

While this is a perfectly valid question that many people have or had, it may also indicate an interest in getting a higher karma for the sake of it, instead of thinking about the benefits of his/her contributions to the community.
How can buying favours be anything other than a class issue?
This "ONTWIK" site is an interesting play in the tagged video repository space. It's been front page on HN several times in the last week with mostly old videos embedded off of other sites yet.. I see some value in doing this.
Thankfully is possible to install Google chrome without administrative rights and it takes all the settings from the IE for the proxies and that stuff.

Bless google for that...
Whoah, the whole of newest is this guy. Moreso, what on earth is web-citation? Apart from a tad annoying!
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I would have thought the popularity of IE6 is not because of an advanced business features that Chrome can compete on, but is instead due to legacy OS, and legacy web applications that only work on IE6.
This makes me really happy, I was really afraid that Chrome would cannibalize usage from Firefox users, and even it does at a certain point, its really small compared to the users it takes from IE.
^_^
The 'new' page is a spare resource, there's a limited number of people looking over it so if it is flooded with bursts of new posts then the ability to promote worthy news to the main page is damaged as the amount of time spent in the 'new' section decreases and you're not bringing new independent eye-balls to evaluate and upvote them.

There is a rule for dealing with this scarcity: don't bulk-post. Take your best guess for the most worthy news, post it and then respect the waiting period before you post again.
For those that don't want to watch a 22-minute video, this has nothing to do with the title except that Git is involved.

tl;dw - He shows how to branch, cherry pick, reset and a few more branch things.
Ayn Rand would hate GS.
I am a newbie and only trying to figure it ALL out. should be able to do this without being called out for asking a newbie question.
Dating IS a game no matter if you're looking for sex or a relationship. It's always a stack of little challenges and responses, and yes, there's also tricking involved. What I implied in my post is that no matter if these online hacks get you where you wanted, in the end you only got there because you were faking accounts just to start a conversation.

Second of all, IRL or online, for me it's about doing it the natural way - you know - talk to people. That's what dating online on dating websites should look like, but from the ammount of 'hacks' and 'howtos' I read about, seems it isn't. If I'm to waste my time playing against bunches of creepos with armies of fake accounts instead of socializing with real girls - sorry, I'm out.

Saying that "not everyone you like will be attracted to you" is a very nice way of putting it

Aren't you replying here to ZoFreX's post above, which is not mine? :)
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Maybe were just outsourcing the knowledge to the rest of society.
Think Google Cache. He used it since that page is always changing.
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A9 xx xx is load accumulator absolute

Make that A9 xx; The 6502 accumulator is 8 bits.
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I saw a Chrome cinema ad before Tron (UK as well).
Perfect. Saved me 22 minutes. Bless you.
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"Please don't submit so many links at once that the new page is dominated by your submissions"

PG
If cro-magnons really were smarter than us, it just shows how big of a role knowledge and culture play in what we perceive as intelligence.
It seems that all the mysteries of 6502 timing have been revealed thanks to the Visual 6502 project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_15RtVbqGU#t=5m33s http://www.visual6502.org/ .
No USB port on this one either!
No, that's just Moores law, with the higher integration levels of the brain we are now seeing more power efficient and smaller brains. It's that new .1 nm process that they're using.
should be able to do this without being called out for asking a newbie question.

Nope, sorry. Participating in the community means taking the good with the bad and vice versa. You may not like being "called out" and the OP may or may not be justified in doing so, but it's part of the nature of things. You don't have to like it, but it will happen.
In India for example, I think everyone pays a bribe to get a passport. If we don't, then passport will be stuck somewhere for months and months without coming out. Even for knowing why it is not getting processed, you have to pay bribe. So finally, everyone has stopped questioning and started giving money to agents to get the things done.

The problem is no one is responsible if the citizen is not getting the promised services. We cannot see the status about why it is pending online, we don't know whom to contact online, no helpdesks. You just have to go to the office and wait and wait for turn only to be turned away without even getting a chance to speak.

If one person is made responsible for citizen satisfaction for services and he is like the manager in the office whose compensation is dependent on the rating the citizen gives for the services, then I think this will change.

How to make government officials answerable to the people?
This is difficult, because a government is voted for a period of 5 yrs into power and they have 5 yrs to loot without doing anything and then bribe their way into power again.
If this vicious cycle can be broken by clear communication about the government performance, so clear that people can't ignore, then they may vote for another government which is not much better than this. But by consistently projecting these metrics about corruption and government performance, we might give a chance for some party to fight on the plank of eliminating corruption.

Long answer.. hopefully there is some juice in it.
I'm amazed by how regional things are, e.g. compare Germany with the UK. Firefox to IE is 62/22% in Germany, 23/52% in the UK.

http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-201010-201012-...

http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-GB-monthly-201010-201012-...

Globally, IE is at insane levels in South Korea (94%) and China (90% of which IE6 is 54%), Firefox is doing well in the Philippines at 47% with Chrome following close behind at 34%.

I guess the key take away is, as usual, know your own market.

edit: I wish you could easily see the countries with IE above 50%, I was surprised to see that by these stats the US just dropped below this level, mostly thanks to a strong showing from Apple's Safari compared with the rest of the world.
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