skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Got a source for that?

Nada @ http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/bo...
Intentional fragmentation?

How's this for a play:

Initially, Google drops H.264 in favor of WebM in Chrome. YouTube begins serving WebM in an HTML5 wrapper to Chrome clients. Mozilla, in search of open codecs with wide support implements WebM in Firefox. Other video services begrudgingly make the leap and start encoding their video in WebM format to support a growing number of users.

Google extends an olive branch to Adobe in order to get WebM support in Flash, ensuring that desktop computer users on all platforms will be able to play back WebM content, hardware support or not.

This gives Google the coverage they need to start turning the screws. While the events outlined above are unfolding, handset manufacturers see the writing on the wall and start including WebM hardware support in Android handsets.

Apple, being fully involved with H.264, fights all of the above every step of the way. The stubborn company that they are, they will not adopt hardware WebM support in their devices in favor of uniform H.264 support across their product line. This will hurt battery life during video playback for non-Apple sourced video on iOS devices and will erode the Apple user base because of competitive disadvantage.

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None of the above may be true, but it sure would make for a great "Pirates of Silicon Valley 2".
While it's not everyone's cup of tea, dark comedy is a very popular form of comedy, and a way that a lot of people deal with tragedy.
That page is meant to show off how Safari handles various HTML5 features.

Isn't the point of HTML that all browsers handle it similarly? If that link is restricted to one browser, it isn't better than all the "Designed for IE6" sites you used to see in the early '00s, and absolutely no evidence of Apple being "fully behind HTML5".
And income equality can mean that we're all poor. Is that really preferable?
Clearly we can distinguish a general trend (a rising tide lifting all boats over a period of decades) from a short term blip (a bubble bursting and causing a recession).
The alternate explanation is that Google simply wants a win for "openness" wherever they can get it, and they recognize that they can't win the war in a single battle.
> WebM is probably patent encumbered.

Classic FUD.
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Theanine is supposed to increase GABA levels in the brain by passing through the blood brain barrier.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine

Rather, its primary effect seems to increase the overall
level of the brain inhibitory transmitter GABA.

But doesnt GABA make one relaxed and sleepier and hinder formation of new memories ?

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-Aminobutyric_acid#Pharmac...

Drugs that act as agonists of GABA receptors or increase
the available amount of GABA typically have relaxing,
anti-anxiety and anti-convulsive effects.,. Many
of the substances below are known to cause anterograde
amnesia and retrograde amnesia.

Followed by a list of substances that increase GABA levels

I am not knowledgible about these things but I recollect reading that in vertebrates the primary function of GABA is to inhibit synaptic activity. It is probably good for someone who is high-strung or epileptic. But for a normal person is it good to boost GABA levels in the brain ?

Caffeine, I guess, will counter some of these effects, but still it makes me worried to play with brain chemistry. Particularly with supplements.

Edit: To one who downvoted, could you tell me what you found objectionable ?
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Absolutely true. Steve Martin's "Novocaine" was a dark comedy that made fun of the issue of dentists that take advantage of their patients, sexually, while under anesthesia (and it covered drug abuse as well). That was a serious concern too, but they made a (relatively) good film out of it.

I'd say the issue is less the making of a dark comedy, and more that Americans have a hard time, in general, of coping with a tragedy. When is it acceptable to make a comedy about someone's death? Is it acceptable if they were complicit in the act?
They're not shafting anyone, no one will be obliged to trade on this market. People are only going to trade on it if they believe they'll gain some advantage through doing it - so conversely you could argue that by offering this service Credit Suisse are doing their customers a favour.
Ruby programmers don't seem to understand the importance of encapsulation and typing

Interesting juxtaposition. I wonder if it's a concrete benefit of static typing to make you more aware of encapsulation: that does resonate with my experience. Because functions and object methods have to have types that fit together, you're forced to think about what goes into and comes out of a given component, so you're thinking about component boundaries more often.

I know when writing a Ruby method it's all too easy to just return the first intermediate result that makes sense, subconsciously thinking "let the caller process this result, and if it's messy I'll refactor it later". In Java, I have to write the return type and also return something, and if I planned to return an Iterable<String> but I'm tempted to return a List<Object>, the redundancy catches me out. I have to consciously make the decision: should I change the contract of this method by changing the return type, or should I instead massage the results into the form I planned to return?

(I think the same holds for Scala, where I might not have to write the return type because it's inferred: if anything actually calls my method, the compiler will still remind me that the assumptions made at the call site don't line up with the assumptions made in the method. In Ruby, although I'll still have to change the caller if I change the return type, I'm more likely to do it mechanically, in a "I changed that so I have to change this" mindset, rather than stepping back a level and thinking "which one of these is actually right?".)
Yes, it's feeble. The article does not connect some of the trends it discusses to the problem of income inequity.

For example, there's no discussion of how increased taxes will fix income inequity nor is it obvious why it will. Gates, Buffet and other superrich got to where they are through long term capital appreciation. Increasing taxes will have an impact on them, but they will still be superrich.
There are markets outside of the US though, where it would be possible to buy on the more expensive exchange.
Posit only runs crosses at a handful of fixed times throughout the trading day. LightPool sounds like it will be a continuous market.
It's a neat interface and very compelling.

I just signed up since I've been wanting to keep a journal, just never gotten around to it.
You were downvoted but I think this is an important point.

The subject appears to be clear however OpenOffice.org is called just that as OpenOffice is a different application and IIRC they had a slight trademark tussle and OOo ended up telling everyone that they had to refer to it as such not simply "open office". This was all eons ago in internet time and I can't find a good citation quickly.

There is also now possibility of confusion with Oracle Open Office (perhaps this is what you meant) which is a commercial version based on OpenOffice.org. Unfortunately one really needs clarity to be sure which software exactly he's complaining about.
There are a few that are fairly cluttered visually, but the vast majority are simply different, and I can't say, looking at them, whether or not they'd be any good in practice because I haven't used them, and I'm not so full of myself as to believe that I know everything about something based on a single picture of it.

For instance, there's nothing obviously wrong with the interface of the grammar app currently at the top of the blog, but he goes off on it like it shot his dog.
I've actually been working on a product thats very similar: location + product photo. It was pivot from the project I used in my YC W11 application (got rejected). Guess I need to move faster! How do others deal with similar products being released while you're in the middle of developing it yourself? It seems like a delicate balance between keeping the blinders on and continuing to build my vision (ie not reacting too much) and stopping to think about how my vision is different...
It is an option, but an intentionally-difficult one. It is often easier to move products across borders than people. The nice thing about the Internet is that you don't always have to care.
> My parents could care less about whether the video is encoded in H.264 or Ogg. They just want it to work on their iPad.

Shame their iPad doesn't support Flash then...
We're still underground, for the time being. We'll be expanding the alpha test soon to new cities, so we wanted to make sure there are interested users for each new city.
don't worry! disney execs will finally figure out a way to get those layoffs to happen.
The biggest problem with Libre Office is that they have fixed passwords in the the spreadsheets (as in if one is set on the Excel spreadsheet, LO will respect it and demand it before you can make changes). Unfortunately, that means that I can't unprotect my company's timecard spreadsheet to fix the dates that OO (and LO) mess up.

Therefore, I'll just stick to my ancient version OO for now...
"The refer 3 friends for an invite" promotion is rather annoying considering you don't disclose anything about the product.
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There's a difference between criticism and vulgar flaming. I have no problem with the former when presented constructively and with some knowledge of the subject, but the blog is engaging in the latter.
(Thanks for the homeopathy citation. I'll have to check that out.)

> The author seems to have a complete inability to just point out any errors Weil has made

Are we reading the same thing? The quote you cited was from the fifth paragraph of the 18-paragraph first section of a five-section piece which contains countless references to Weil's own words. Admittedly I have not read the whole thing yet myself, but I would hope you could reserve judgment on the intellectual honesty of the essay after reading somewhat past the introductory portion.
You just reminded me to dig thru bookmarks for Skeet's vid and comment threads:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1942859

http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/ec95s/jon_skeet...
Let this be a lesson to anyone working on a product. I've been building an app that does exactly the same thing for the last couple of months. You have to be first to market.
>Indeed... or like the everyone is a unique snowflake craze, eh?

Yeah, both attitudes are simplistic.

Hadn't seen the hostility directed towards you until now. Not constructive as you have no ill intent.
Must be part of the long game by Google. Stop supporting h.264 and push their own format in their browser, which also means ChromeOS and GoogleTV.

The format will need hardware because it is so difficult to decode with software.

Google gets hardware support on their laptops and mobile devices, changes YouTube to be WebM only, forcing Apple/Windows/Nokia/SonyEricsson to need hardware to decode.

Consumer loses out (the video quality of this, and the image quality of their image format is not exactly what should be expected to be released in a new format for 2011).
I don't know that even your first point holds true, communication and the willing to compromise is what is probably most key.

CAD isn't really going to help you much unless you are planning on building prototypes yourself (even then you would probably end up having to start over if you hired someone else with actual experience.)

If you want to learn a program still, Solidworks is probably the most widely used, the two other big players for 3D are Pro/Engineer Wildfire (though I think they changed what it is called now) and Autodesk Inventor (not quite as used, also lacked major integration with FEA last time I looked).
How many high paid ($1million+) CEOs are there?
Except that the same exact thing can be done with WebM. Native support in Chrome, Firefox and Opera. Flash fallback in IE. Ding.

The only legitimate concern with this is hardware decoding, largely in mobile devices.
That's true, which is why I referred specifically to H.264 in the <video> element (which is the only case affected by this change). There are mature implementations, but as a part of the web platform it is still in very early stages.

While H.264 <video> is already deployed widely thanks to iOS, it's generally with a fallback for the majority of users whose browsers don't support it. Removing it from Chrome will not break the web for users, in the way it would if they removed Flash or GIF or JavaScript semicolon insertion, or any other of the many web technologies we'd like to retroactively wish away.
It looks like the clip should always be random since it will be the last clip that someone chose to post. I don't like it that this site requires you to use a facebook id but, that is probably a good way to control a site like this.
awesome app! very useful for letting someone know where you are if you're running late for a meeting. Also cool to let friends know you are around if you're in their town travelling. Nice job!
What's also interesting is the national wealth divide is more or less a fake issue, because the economy is global. The really important divide is between wages for unskilled workers in the US and western Europe versus wages for unskilled workers in developing economies. You can't ignore the "Designed in California, Made in China" differential.
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I have never really kept a journal, but when OhLife came along I thought it was a great idea, for about 3 days (the idea is still good). OhLife is great, my wanning self discipline however, is not so great.
I'm afraid we can't say too much. We've applied for the Launch Conference, and have agreed not to talk about what the company does. You'll just have to wait until Feb 23rd (if we get in) to find out!
Rent is spot on. My car insurance is about $800/yr (although it seems MA is a particularly cheap state for insurance). I do not have an exact figure but I believe my weekly grocery bill to be less than that by about 1/3 (not eating meat helps). That brings the total to $6640/yr.

Not counting gas (which I mostly use for my hour-long commute), I further spend $20/mo on internet, and $60/mo on 3G service (which I consider a luxury). That brings the total to $7600/yr. So, I exaggerated slightly. I would need closer to a year and a month's worth of $172k income to meet this requirement.
Hey -- neither of us is first to market on this one. I found out of others even as I was building it. I almost gave up but then figured I might as well go for it. I address this in the post -- the market it young and is ripe for plenty of products.
H.264 is patent encumbered and controlled by an organization that only temporarily does not charge for its use.

What has been the result of H.264 being patent encumbered? Practically: nothing. So though it's true that it is, it has essentially caused no loss.

What has been the result of SWF being open? Practically: nothing. Adobe's closed implementation remains the standard implementation. So though it's true that SWF is open, it is essentially closed.

H.264 ... will never be open.

Patents expire.

Apple is on the H.264 consortium and will profit handily once prices will be charged for H.264.

Not relevant, though I'd point out that Apple has very few patents that comprise H.264 in comparison to the entirety of the pool. The probability that they make or will make any significant money is extraordinarily low.

Fundamentally however, my original post that you replied to is specific to Google's patently arbitrary definition of "open". Google doesn't build an open implementation of SWF into their browser, they build in Adobe's Flash player. Even if they did, it goes to my above point re: SWF is effectively Adobe Flash. Google is not anywhere close to open, no matter how often they repeat the mantra.
I invite you to read this article about Denmark ("The happiest place on earth") circa 2007: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4086092&page=1
From the article: "The happiest people in the world pay some of the highest taxes in the world -- between 50 percent and 70 percent of their incomes"

I know this thread is not related to happiness, but I do think there is a correlation between poverty and happiness. It's hard to be happy when you can't put food on the table (let alone pay for an education) for your children.
You mean http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx ?
That's the list of companies that license the codec to others and of course they get money for that.
You do see Apple and Microsoft on the list, do you? What you don't see is Google, Mozilla, Opera and every other competitor..
Gratz didn't overturn Grutter. (They were issued the same day.)

Yup ... I was outside the Supreme Court that day, actually. :)

Gratz makes clear that point systems are illegal, which was my claim. I never claimed that affirmative action or race considerations are illegal, writ large.
I think it's the principle of the thing. Criticism works when done right, that is when it's traditional criticism like we all learned in art class. "Your shading is inconsistent here, and the use of lilac is cliche."

Contrasting, this blog 37signals is going on about just smacks of the zeitgeist that is modern "criticism":

Nowadays, criticism is rarely substantiated. Instead, folk spout out inflammatory nonsense like "it's a flaming load of dog crap" rather than the much more helpful "a combo box was a bad choice here."

To the critics: make it constructively funny. If you're just going to badmouth me then put up or shut up you non-contributing zero.
If anyone would like to help me test this theory, it looks like 51 people have tried it before me:

http://usehipster.com/?referred_by=52
Great interface! It is very simple.
Someone stole my content* … and why I’m okay with that.
He's making a joke about the dialect used by the characters in Fargo.
http://www.mpegla.com/main/programs/AVC/Pages/Licensors.aspx
No, it's better/worse than that. Long-term capital gains (held more than one year) are taxed at 15% for someone like Buffet. He paid a lower rate (17.7% combined short-term and long-term) on taxes than his secretary without trying to avoid taxes.
Did Apple make the first mp3 player? Did Google make the first search engine?

The point is his app is nowhere near critical mass and there is likely a fair amount of room for competition. Think of his success as proof there is a demand for apps like his (and yours).
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If you're expecting to get me upset by looking up my demographics, you're wrong. I wouldn't have posted that if I cared. But it's funny how much you think you know about me and how wrong you are.

For example, I don't live in Milford, NJ. That is, in fact, my mailing address, and if you plug that into your GPS you will indeed arrive at my house, but the world is slightly more complicated than that -- as is the topic of the OP. I'll leave it to you to puzzle out how both of those might be.

Your statement about Milford being "97% white" reveals more about you than it does me, I think. It reveals that, for some reason, you believe that race is important; why else would you go looking for the racial makeup of my (purported) community? It reveals little about me, since you'll find that (assuming you're using Wikipedia's numbers) my household would make up over 3% of the town's non-white population (if I did indeed live in Milford).

I happen to fall into the largest age cohort cited. And if you knew my address, you'd also see that my property is actually smaller than the minimum zoned acreage, being grandfathered in.

What the heck does any of this have to do with (a) equality of Americans; or (b) the fact that we've seen so darned many of these articles recently on HN?
"Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." -- Ben Franklin
So, buster, using your logic, if Pepsi uses an ad agency that Coke doesn't use, then Pepsi on that ad agency's board?
They could not be less snooty. Bill Todd works retail at the store. There are shelves lined with what I imagine must be over a hundred different varieties of tea, arranged by type, packaged in small pouches and larger containers ready to take to the checkout, in front of a wall of much larger containers of other teas. You can walk in and pick things out by reading the pouches, or, if you signal the slightest bit of interest, Bill Todd will explain tea to you for as long as you could conceivably listen and (I've watched them do this for people but never asked myself) brew some up on the spot for taste tests.

Remember: their most common customer is "random person walking down Madison street in Forest Park".
Bye bye, Google Chrome. This is me deleting you from my Mac.
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Or another way to view it is that 30% support html5 video with WebM
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So does this mean you're tying in with banks one by one, instead of using something like yodlee?
But income inequality has fallen during the recession. We've all become poorer, the rich in particular. Tax revenues took a big hit because the rich lost a lot, and the rich pay the lions share of taxes.

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2009/tables/09s0673.p...

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/2011/tables/11s0695.p...

(Preliminary figures have suggested inequality is on the rise, now that we are recovering.)
I wish you good luck with the app. Honestly, I started building mine because I keep running into situations where I need something like this. I was scratching my own itch, as it were.
And in ten years, the performance might even be acceptable.
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Funny little game more where you guess movies and tv shows by their pictures ...
They won't change it for openness reasons, but they will change it if 80% of their visitors support WebM and not h264. It happened before. How longer were people forced to design web pages for ie6 due to its market share.
Mind you, that could also be a line coming from one trying to screw you.
Says the same guy who's frequently quoted as saying "you're doing it wrong!"
I posted this because my first web client was a journalist for the WSJ who went to jail in the 80's for insider trading, doing a similar scheme of buying stock in a company before he wrote a financial column about it. Paper comes out, stock soars and then makes a boatload.

I don't know much about the market, but isn't this essentially the same scheme? And if that was considered insider trading, wouldn't pump & dump on Twitter be just as bad?

This is what I'm referring to: http://www.bizjournalismhistory.org/1980_1984.htm
> Drinking tea is good for you, we've known this for years. Keep drinking it.

That's all I need to hear. I've been drinking tea since I was 4, and I'm not about to stop now.
Performance of what? I'm not defending Flash's performance, but WebM is fine, completely acceptable. With hardware decoding continuing to advance in Flash, I guess I don't see what your complaint is. If it's native in most browsers, fallback in IE (they aren't going to care anyway) and potentially native even in IE on supported hardware...