skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I have some reservations to people saying that $8mn is too large an investment on Qwiki. $8mn is a serious commitment and they don't invest that kind of money unless they see some real spunk in the idea and the team. Perhaps what QWiki has built is an infra layer designed to add scale to their effort. I have been an alpha user on Qwiki for sometime now and they manage to pull me back to their site with very interesting mailers - Qwiki of the day - which is not a trivial accomplishment imo, if they are doing it for a lot of their users.

Plus, as an application, the real power of QWiki isn't on the web - its on the mobile/tablets, particularly in education. Qwiki is in a great position to replace wikipedia as a quick intro to any topic for millions of students round the world - that itself is an interesting usecase for me - and they are achieveing this through technology...
I would join as well. Very complicated issue without much affordable help available.
Not sure if 'property' here is meant to mean 'real estate' or just 'property' in the sense of 'stuff you own'.

While I've never heard of a house going to auction because of unpaid bills (though I'm sure it has happened), it's exceedingly common for vehicles, equipment, etc to be claimed by someone who was working on them. A very common occurence is for a mechanic to dismantle a car to find out what's wrong, then to quote the cost of repairs to be either more than the person can afford, or more than the car is worth. At that point the customer sometimes refuses to pay even the amount of work done at that point. At which point the car sits in the yard for the alloted period of time, at which point the mechanic takes ownership and sells off what is left (or, sometimes, fixes it themselves and sells for a profit). Usually the mechanic also has the right to charge a storage fee, and to levy interest on the unpaid item to increase the size of the total lien. And it's normal for the mechanic to lose out badly, which is why some people require up-front payment to undergo speculative work to find the source of a problem that could be expensive. The same goes for electronic equipment- it will cost you $200 to even open up a camera to see what is wrong, which is why most get thrown in the bin when they stop working.
Is Groupon the new Kristen Stewart startup?

creative license for a catchy title doesn't mean the title ought to be a bit of a muddle. does Jesus mean Groupon died but will come back? does it mean Groupon has divine authority? does it mean it'll be betrayed? "Jesus startup" is not a coherent term and aids little in the pretty sensible analysis that followed.

[although now that I think about it, I'd read an article that went way too far with it. "Is Groupon the new 'Lindsey Lohan after the alcohol but before the cocaine' startup?" -- that could only go well.]
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Business punks know this, which is why they stampede from buzzword to buzzword, regardless of its meaning. It's just that Google juice has given geeks a similar incentive.

edit: and if that was the most brilliant thing you've read on HN, to quote the Slashdot meme, you must be new here :D
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When I was 31 years old and laid off for 6 months, I decided to take matters in my own hands, learn ObjC and start programming. I started selling products two months later through the iOS app store. Now I make enough to pay my bills, my customers are happy (Note: I don't do contact work), and my revenue is increasing.

Advice: Just because you're not a "rockstar" or haven't been doing it since you were twelve doesn't mean you can't compete.
If it was that easy, we'd all be 10x more successful than we are currently. =)
Given Jobs' medical history and the high profile of AAPL, I'm really, really surprised that the company has not telegraphed a management succession plan.
What did you do before?
Fred Wilson said that, on avc.com. He's an investor in SE.
Yet another manufacturer duped by Adobe into believing that Flash represents some major part of core Internet content.

I'm perfectly happy missing out on Flash on my iPad, of course that DOES mean that I miss out on all those wonderfully animated popup floating ads that utilize Flash.

I've yet to run across a worthwhile site utilizing Flash that has really hindered my browsing experience. The iOS devices represent suc a significant market share that it seems most decent websites have already adapted to delivering content in non-Flash formats.

Also, I don't get the removable battery claims. My iPad battery lasts an entire weekend or more with moderate to heavy use. Runtime has hardly been a weakness of the iPad (though perhaps if it ran Flash the removable battery would have more merit)

Granted, a camera would be nice at very rare times. The HDMI out could have value at times, but again not really a feature I've really considered important.
Don't be silly. I would be like 30x more successful.
My favorite feature of the iPad that Toshiba doesn't have: I can buy one.
In case you're wondering, you can also put your Python in a Lisp:

http://common-lisp.net/project/clpython/
I agree. I'd love to see the tech press step up with some responsibility as well and give no more than a casual mention to prototype devices that aren't actually shipped, or scheduled to ship in the next 90 days.
Agreed, title should be "HIV found to also replicate via RNA-only pathways" or something like that.
This is totally true. I actually wrote about a tech CEO who I noticed doing exactly this in an earlier post. Great points - thanks for commenting

http://blog.assetmap.com/2010/10/networking/secrets-of-netwo...
If you already are running a startup from your dorm, the main reason to stay in college is to meet women.

I will freeze that comment in time, it might end up going on HN's tombstone.
Here's where I contradict myself.

Rhodes Scholarships are valuable because they are very rare. According to Wikipedia, the USA got 32 places in 2006, Australia got 9.

But given that in a given year, tens of thousands of Australian students could apply in the first instance (having good scores, plays a sport, involved in some other activity). At a statistical level, the distinction between the top 100, the top 50, and the top 10, is going to be nigh on invisible.

So in a sense it is just as reasonable to select students from the University of Sydney (prestigious) as from the University of Western Sydney (considered to be a dump).

It's just that Sydney University happens to be wired into the Sydney establishment, especially through its residential colleges. And the Sydney establishment is the dominant fraction of the Australian establishment. And the Australian establishment provides the selection committee for the Rhodes scholarships.

Being at Sydney means that you have an opportunity to meet some of the selectors, and to get to know them, in advance. That's more or less how our Rhodes Scholar opposition leader, Tony Abbott, got a leg up.
Remember, you can't give offence, you can only take it. If you are offended by something, you have nobody but yourself to blame.
It is my understanding "yield" refers to "execution control". If semantic meaning is of concern over lexical, let us ignore the names "coroutine" and "generator" and focus on the general logic of code continuation. That is, the difference between pausing the current execution context vs destroying it.

Function call: halt further processing of current call stack, execute procedures, resume call stack after function call when control returns.

Yield: halt further processing of current call stack, execute procedures, resume call stack after yield when control returns.

Return: destroy current call stack.

The variation present on the code continuation axis is far more significant than the variation on the coughing-up-values axis.
I think it's safe to say that if you don't know about the S-Corp FICA tax dodge, you're not going to run afoul of the IRS over it.
All of the top-down approaches just look ugly to me. You're either looking at the top of people heads, or tokens of disembodied heads. This also gives it a pseudo-3d look, with a bit of clutter to add that homey tabletop atmosphere.
Given their history of secrecy, I'm not surprised in the slightest.
Datum doesn't compare two different correlated values, does it?
I don't think it's fair to compare her analysis with someone on HN who says it's becoming Reddit. The author is a Rhodes scholar herself, and she's been serving on the selection committee for 20 yrs. She's seeing a trend firsthand. Since you disagree, what evidence would you consider worthy of testing her claim?

Clever answers to broad questions? I don't think either adjective you're using is accurate. She asked thoughtful questions directly related to each student's area of study, and she found that the students hadn't spent much time thinking about the reasons for their own actions.
For tasks at work that I dread, I set aside a certain time of day to deal with it. If I run into something that is that sort of task at another time of day and I don't feel up to coping with it (and it's not urgent/high priority), I set it aside and deal with it during that time slot the following day. Once my pile of dreaded tasks for the day is done, my head is clear to focus and get on with getting on with it. I also group certain tasks for efficiency, like I try to do all my printing around the same time. It helps me with mental flow/workflow.

At home, it usually is much more about taking a nap, feeding myself, and so on. When my body is properly cared for, then I can be productive. When it is not, I piddle around and "procrastinate". But for me it's really not some mental block or avoidance thing. I have a medical condition and when I am tired and/or under the weather, I just can't be productive. So the piece I focus on is addressing my physical care. Everything else flows from that.
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I think he is talking about increased condom usage relating to the fear of getting HIV having an indirect effect on the number of accidental pregnancies.
After reading this I still don't really know who you are, but I was there at Harvard for a good part of it, and it's well-established that the movie is not accurate, nor is the book that it's based on.
What about GPS based inputs - ie, you know where 'work' is, and you know where 'the gym' is. And the shops, etc. You could allow GPS tagging of certain locations and then perhaps track visits to same, reducing the amount of data input needed. I'm not too familiar with iOS, so I'm not sure if this can be done without the app running in 'foreground', though. You could also do this with speed - ie, constant 6 kmh is 'running - exercise', or a constant (average) 60 kmh is 'driving' or 'commuting'.
As it says that "Al Jazeera will release the documents between January 23-26th, 2011."[1] all of the documents probably haven't been released yet.

[1] http://english.aljazeera.net/palestinepapers/2011/01/2011122...
They probably have, but like most things in Apple, it's kept "secret". One of the funds request that Apple provide such succession plan. The board says such plan made public would allow companies to try and recruit the successor.
I think this was the smartest way possible to phase out Steve Jobs without it impacting the AAPL stock too much. Last time he took a leave of absence, he announced that he'd be back in six months -- this time, he didn't mention a date at all. That seems like a clear sign to me.

I predict that Jobs won't come back to work but he will continue to offer advice and perhaps aide in negotiations with operators, media companies and the like. Then, after about a year or so, people having realized that the company does fine without Jobs, it'd be safe for Jobs to relinquish his position as CEO to Tim Cook. Jobs can then simply stay on as advisor.
I don't think it's anything that dark. I think it's a case of someone else wanting YOUR candy making you realize just how delicious that candy must be... After all, someone else wants it!
I don't own an ipad but mobi is pretty popular and easily converted so there should be an app to view them if the apple book app doesn't work.

Otherwise you can use calibre to convert it to epub.

(Kindle app might do it if it can load books as mobi is native kindle format)
Prediction: this will not happen. But, I would love to have to eat my words.
The story I've heard is that you also need to have left-wing politics (of the moderate rather than nutbar variety). Though in fairness I note that Tony Abbott was also a Rhodes Scholar, so the story may have been exaggerated.
I found http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/ far more interesting than the teeth lights.
You have two options: try to get accredited enough to get hired directly or try to get accredited enough to get into a feeder program. I suspect that the latter is easier. Many good schools will give you a chance if you signal you have your act together (i.e., by scoring well, getting good letters, have some interesting experience, and maybe getting a few As at some local University). I really depends on the exact job you are trying to obtain though. MFE is very different than an MBA.

Also remember to be patient. You may need to apply multiple times, for instance, or spend a year at a local university taking course work to prove you are capable. But don't forget that 40-65 is a 25 year career, optimize that.
I don't think that was what he was saying, I don't understand why he is being downvoted. He was thinking that a fear of HIV may prevent unplanned pregnancy in the populace, and that theory has merit.
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Some random Japanese trends are destined to go mainstream in the west, while others aren't. This seems to fall firmly into the latter category.
I think your language, even in the title, indicates the problem with the question, and why, while I appreciate the goals, purposes, and actions of the lesswrong crowd, I wouldn't consider... um, "joining up."

The whole premise, as I see it, of being a rationalist is that there are particular methods to working with truth, that there is an actual truth, and a solid, singular rationality. The problem is that there is no sense in, having begun using them, declaring that you are now in charge of the truth or really have any particular access at all.

Statistical analysis doesn't prove things correct. It allows us to prove things incorrect. The assertion that whatever is left is true, is correct, typifies rationality.

But here's the thing, here's why it's called lesswrong, why the idea is to increment in favor of the truth: everyone's actually pretty rational. Some people are more wrong than others, but given the assumptions they work with, they are making rational choices.

If you are declaring people irrational, the problem is with your definition of rationality, not with them. In finding out _why_ they are rational you will find out _why_ they think differently than you.

Take atheism vs. theism. The assumption of irrationality on either party shuts down debate and lets no information traverse between the viewpoints.

But if you realize that everyone's pretty much the same, the problem you raise just _goes away_. Everyone's at a different place on the axis of rationality, no one is stupid, and there are people who are more right than you so there's not much point being annoyed with those who are less right.

So calling one's self a rationalist, to me, is either equivalent to saying "I am a human being," because all humans are somewhat rational and believe in the assertion that true things can be known (whether they say so or not), or "Other people are dumber than me and that is a part of my identity."
Hehehe, no, not new at all. And like I said, maybe it was just the timing... but that was an excellent example of the power of words. Which, strangely enough is something I enjoy studying, even outside of this context. Your example above just struck a chord with me for some reason.
Warning: If you use this, you will also tweet "I just tweeted something on http://TweetAStranger.com

I don't mind apps that do this as long as they _tell me_ they're going to. This doesn't.
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That their demos show working products is very awesome, true. But to be fair, the often also announce them quite a bit before they're actually available.

Just to let the suspense build, I guess.
Just convert them with Calibre to whatever format you want. Mobi is much better than PDF as a starting point to convert to other formats, ebook formats in general are much more flexible and convertible. Converting from PDF to ebook is such a pain...
Wait until the self-hate level is high enough to make me feel unbearably bad about not doing what I want to be doing. Not a very healthy approach.

I've also been trialling the habit of starting tasks so far ahead of time that the deadline feels irrelevant. It's quite liberating and something I would like to keep up.
Love this idea. I build my entire business around it: http://www.fancyhands.com
It's a wonderful change from the status quo.

Also, now when the competitors show up with stuff that's vapor, it just makes them look bad in comparison.
Ah thanks, I missed that part. And from the same page:

"There are nearly 1,700 files, thousands of pages of diplomatic correspondence detailing the inner workings of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process."

That suggests we'll end up with more than 1,600 files, not just a few files totaling 1,600 pages.
As pithy as that seems, it really is the best way to overcome procrastination. Just do it. Just do something that moves you closer to your goals. Pick just one little thing and get it done. Then pick something else and get it done. Once you've started getting momentum (even just a little bit of momentum), pick the most important thing and get it done, then rinse and repeat.

It's going to sound like I'm trying to plug my newest app (http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/unbroken-chain/id415158247?mt...), and I suppose I am, but that's one of the reasons that I wrote it: to help me make sure that I am moving closer to my goals each and every day.
I was actually just about to comment on Newsweek's great use of javascript in their "view as single page" link at the bottom of the article. No page reload so you get to keep reading right from where you were.
Google Scholar is really good at showing you a free PDF link if there is one, usually from Citeseer, but also from .edu sites. If you host under your own domain, like me, you are unfortunately left out. I am not sure how to get round this yet.
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I can't tell which one is the joke.

The explanation is similar to the name pg gave to the markup language for Viaweb, RTML:

>We made up various explanations for what Rtml was supposed to stand for, but actually I named it after Robert Morris, the other founder of Viaweb, whose username is Rtm.

source: http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/paulgraham/bbnexcerpts.txt
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What about negative correlations? Currently it tracks "things you do", but what about "things you don't do"?
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Well, I think he has every right to be bitter. If someone made a universally-acclaimed movie in which I was portrayed as a complete jerk (or even a slightly different type of jerk from the jerk I really am) then I'd be annoyed about it too.
Thanks.

If you get that added, drop me a line. :-)
If they allow it done for individual users, they will have to prevent users from trading lists/scripts or they risk seriously cannibalising AdWords revenue.
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I don't get why they weren't done just emulating podcasts, i.e. have an enclosure and extra metadata...

This seems to be an easy problem.
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Man those Samsung ads were obnoxious, any time I got remotely close to them they kept triggering. And clicking the close "x" took me to their desired website. Frustrating.
I think Google added to their policy that if your site returned different content specifically to the Googlebot, it would have an impact on whether that site would appear in search results.

Experts-exchange got around that by making the answer appear at the bottom of the page and required a lot of scrolling.
Calling this a trend is kind of pushing it. ;)

Publicity stunt by a fashion designer/store in Harajuku sounds much better.

If this winds its way down to Nagoya, I think I'm going to need to move to a different island.
i think you are confusing google's custom search engine (CSE) and their site search. "Google Site Search" is for specific sites, but a CSE starts with the whole web, and you can tweak the weightings for certain sites or blacklist them if you wish.
Does anyone else remember Moodstats from _way_ back when: http://www.moodstats.com
I added a line saying it would post to your timeline. Thanks for the suggestion, I'm new at this.
I do this and the biggest issue I've had so far is trying to talk with people from the businesses in my target market, who only work from 9 until 5.
"I did it for the lulz" -God
That's a fairly silly attitude to take. Once can quite easily (common English idioms aside) give offence. One can't go around being gratuitously offensive to people and then blaming them for being offended. That's called "being a dick".

In this particular case, though, one would have to be extremely thin-skinned to be offended.
So, news agencies should report "is the earth flat? opinions differ" and quote both flat earthers as well as round earthers in the most evenhanded way possible? I am reminded of a historian who studied the Holocaust and was mortified to discover that when she went on TV to discuss her latest book, she was paired up with an opposing viewpoint Holocaust denier. The TV network was nice and "neutral", they made a very sincere attempt to keep "bias" out of their reporting...and the result was moral bankruptcy.

You seem to have switched from discussing neutrality to impartiality and to me those are very different concepts. I expect a judge to be impartial but not to be neutral: a neutral judge could never make a judgment. The whole point of analyzing evidence is to become non-neutral, to make a determination of the state of the world.
Regardless of what Parker says, isn't it obvious that the movie forces too much in the most elemental Hollywood clichés? There are many scenes in the movie that show the manipulation:

* A bus full of hot girls arriving to be used for sex

* A programming competition where the crowd cheers at each line of coded Python. The coders drink a shot to commemorate.

* The hero hacks one site in one night when drunk and in 2 hours it crashes the network

* All nerds are socially inept but still Zuck has psychological insights about what the site needs to succeed.

* Teenagers outsmarting experienced lawyers with witty responses.

* Sex, booze and testosterone is what drives every man.

Really?
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Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
Search results snapshot: http://i.imgur.com/9SRoX.png

Spam page: http://efreedom.com/Question/1-1708417/Can-Extract-EXIF-Data-Using-PerlMagick

Scraped verbatim from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1708417/how-can-i-extract-exif-data-using-perlmagick

Spam site has two entries ranking above two stackoverflow entries.

Here's the search link, although rankings may have changed since I posted this: http://www.google.com/search?hl=&q=perlmagick+remove+exif

I tried various edits, but HN won't turn the URL's into links.
Neat idea, but please be careful and obtain permission before using Ollie the Twitterrific bird (http://twitterrific.com).
Try uninstalling Adobe Flash. Works great here.