skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm at -3 and you're at 9. I feel deeply ashamed on behalf of Hacker News for your aggressive ignorance of copyright law. Hacker News, you're usually better than this.

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A screenshot is a document like a photograph or essay or article; it's not a physical object. Cars and iPhones are not copyrighted. Software and software UIs and documents mechanically reproducing them are.

Tell me, do you think the copyright on the text in a software UI just magically goes away because it's a screenshot? How about the icons? Or the fonts? Or any images? What if the software is displaying a photograph or book? Did you just discover a way to make anything under the sun public domain? (An amazing discovery!)

Tell me, do you and all your upvoters think you know better than Wikimedia Commons when it writes (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Screenshots) :

> Screenshots are subject to the copyright of the displayed work, may it be a video, television program, or a computer program.

Do you think you know better than the librarian who wrote http://web.archive.org/web/20080216021841/http://www.jiscleg... ? Or how about http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright/faq.cgi#QID809 or http://lifehacker.com/193343/ask-the-law-geek--is-publishing... or any of a dozen links you could have found in seconds googling 'copyright screenshot'? Notice the only question is whether fair use will defend you when you infringe on copyright by making screenshots and not whether screenshots are copyrighted at all, because they are copyrighted.

Do you, in fact, have the slightest argument besides a specious analogy?
SpamAssassin is rules based, on a known corpus with rule modifications sent out from time to time. In order to get better detection, you can run something like dspam or crm-114 along with, which are statistics based, and with a short training period, can get close to gmail's accuracy.

The other benefit to gmail is shared inoculation. By the time you get to your mailbox, a thousand others may have reported it as spam, and it is already marked as spam on your inbox. With a small, personal mailbox, or even a companywide deployment, you may not get enough benefit from shared inoculation.
I agree. Thinking about the recent goldman deal it makes me think if perhaps it could be legit! Is it possible that goldman is expecting facebook to become the de facto ad platform?
TestFlight now in public Beta (webapp to simplify iOS beta testing)
I use three methods for protecting my email address:

* Spamgourmet for websites I don't trust. some_random_text.underwater@spamgourmet.com will forward six emails to my real address.

* A some_random_text@my-domain.com address with a catch-all for mail I really need.

* ReCAPTCHA's mailhide <http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/>; for posting my email on the crawlable web.

I have noticed that most spam I do get is not from online businesses, but from businesses I've given my email to in person (e.g. conventions, competitions).
Have you heard of question party?
Hey look, a calculator that doesn't subtract, divide or multiply!
This blog post could be utterly wrong and, absent someone screaming bloody murder enough to embarrass The New Yorker, not affect their reputation one iota.

Except that if it were utterly wrong, somebody would scream bloody murder, and it would affect their reputation. Perhaps not overnight, but these sorts of things add up in the long run. This is exactly why TC is held in such low regard around here.

That's why I get dismayed at people turning off their brains and pointing to reputation.

Huh? The only sentiment I see being expressed here is: "Because they have professional writers, editors, and fact checkers, I trust the New Yorker more than TechCrunch." Not sure where you're getting the impression anyone is "turning off their brains and pointing to reputation"

You seem to think that people are applauding the New Yorker for being the New Yorker. They aren't. They are applauding the New Yorker for not being TC or Mashable.
This is great for HN readers. For most people using Google, not so much, I think.
Why not test it some how. Ask people how likely they are to use again with two different fees.
hmm, me thinks there are a few other things going on at a hotel beyond the checkin process. Are other functions at this hotel automated or is "All-Automated" inaccurate?
Not being in control of your own computer isn't a problem, so long as you stop thinking of it as your own computer, but as a device that allows you to access content.

If you want a computer that allows you to tinker and use it for purposes other than that for which it was originally intended, they'll always be there, because there'll always be a market for it.

Apple has a closed ecosystem. That doesn't make it bad, it just makes it controlled. You don't expect to be able to modify the source of facebook, or google, or any other large web service, but you'll happily use it - wherein, fundamentally, lies the difference?

Finally, apple's approach to jailbreaking and the like is laudable, insofar as they're basically fine with people doing whatever they want with their hardware, so long as those people are also OK with being excluded from the ecosystem those devices are designed to operate within. I highly doubt that the fact that the original root password on iOS devices was a dictionary word was accidental.

As for a monopoly on distribution - not so long ago, the tech community was aflame with panic that microsoft would monopolise everything, and we'd all be fucked in various different imaginary malthusian techno-catastrophes. It didn't happen, microsoft is in decline, and it's because they attempted to enforce their monopoly through legal means rather than through building loyalty through quality. If apple end up with a monopoly because they excel at what they do, it's not necessarily a bad thing, as if they cease to be good at what they do, it'll be nary a heartbeat before the wolves are at the door, building and creating better alternatives.
It is conceivable that automated medicine would have a lower failure rate for common diseases than "instinct."
If you are really sure what you are looking for (which in this case looks like you are) I do not see much value in interviewing others.

On the other hand if someone were not that sure about what exact qualities one is looking for then it would make sense to interview a wide set of candidates.
Sorry, should have been more specific. In your .pentadactylrc, under the Shortcuts section, where the first line is `map <Leader>r :o read<CR>`.

It looks like this is so that when you type <Leader>r, you go to google reader or something. Is that right?

With quickmarks, you press `Mr` or `M<buffer>` while you're on a page to set it, then `mr` or `m<buffer>` to go back there. It's pretty sweet :)
None of this matters. No stats, no rules, not what anyone else has done, or not done.

The only thing that matters is getting out there and doing it. Find a way to create value and sell it.

Want to be an entrepreneur? Then be one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moby_Thesaurus#Pronunciator ? I had a similar idea a while back, using this as a resource, but no time to do it :)
It matters because you need the extra step and the article didn't mention doing so. Not that there isn't a way around it.
That depends entirely on how it's structured. There's other ways to short a stock indirectly that don't involve equity or margin calls.

You're quite right though. (Keynes quote)

No reason you can't work actively against them and publicize their lack of a sustainable revenue model compared to similarly valued companies while you maintain the position.

Nobody said you had to be silent while your money is on the table. I'd happily work against them.
awesome. gosh that page is ranked 5! I still think google is best and trustworthy, but i also felt the problem of content farm in recent years as others. I run my site and find it troublesome that many spammy sites contact me to buy links. They absolutely have no interest in nofollow ads even with banner. They just want normal text links often with a given paragraph they specify mixed into my writing.

though, i do have a question about this ...sometimes i find 1 normal link (do-follow) on a page is approprate for my reader (e.g. the content match, and i approve the site), so in that situation i would like to sell link (and absolutely with a CLEAR "sponsored link" text in plain view but not with “rel="no-follow"”. Afaik google doesnt approve do-follow sold links in anyway. I find this a bit problem because good links from commerial activity could be just as appropriate that benefits my reader.

any advice, or perhaps furture plans, on this?
I'm experimenting with 'intelligent mutations' - when the cars look promising I reduce the mutation rate and when it looks stuck in a rut I increase it again.
Kitchener's poster was first. Uncle Sam may be the most famous, but lots of people have used it since. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Lord_Kitchene...

EDIT: much cooler link http://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/154/
That is why I am careful to distinguish between "legacy" and "modern" MBAs.
Carnegie-Mellon's phonetic dictionary provides vowel stresses, which may get you closer to where you want to be
Bots vs Browsers - Public Bot/User Agent Database and Commentary
There are a few signals that should be possible to pick up. Examples:

- When power searchers start adding -somedomain.xyz to their searches

- Increase spam reporting by adding some kind of feedback to the spam reporting feature. I think I'd love to get an automated mail saying something like: "The site somespamdommain.xyz that you and others reported x days ago is now handled by our improved algorithms". Submitting spam reports really doesn't feel useful when it seems like nothing ever happens.

- Adding weight to spam reports. You know a lot about us, and I guess you can filter out who are power searchers. This could help stop people from gaming the system into blocking competitors.
"Crime is crime": meet the Internet police
Apple licensed variants of OS 7 to the clone makers. When Steve returned, someone decided that the clone license agreements did not cover OS 8 ... so boom. New OS, but no new license. IIRC, Apple did buy one of the clone makers (possibly Power Computing).
What is it trying to do?

I sit in front of my computer to get shit done. When I want to take a break and do nothing, I hang out with friends, take the dog for a walk, go to the park with my wife. I don't sit motionless at my computer and listen to waves. But that's just me.
My search for buy viagra returns the Florida International University Course Catalog on page 1 along with other academic links (non medical) too
Although lift has some interesting points their "7" points aren't really selling me
Why does this matter? Because we're hearing that Oracle is dead-set on winning this case and eventually extracting a per-handset royalty on every Android handset shipped. In that context, "those files aren't important!" isn't a winning or persuasive argument -- and the more these little infringements add up, the worse things look for Google.

So Oracle is going to get a royalty on every handset shipped because of copyright infringement of test files in the source tree that almost certainly never made it onto a single one of those handsets? How does that work? Sounds to me like even if Oracle wins due to patents and gets that royalty fee, these files still aren't important.
If you have the drive, determination and character to persevere.

Being an entrepreneur doesn't necessarily mean doing a high risk internet startup. I think that for those with the character to do so it's a very good choice. Entrepreneurs aren't irrational people. I didn't pick entrepreneurship for purely fiscal reasons. I chose it primarily for personal reasons, although I do feel that my economic outcome will be better as well. I mainly chose entrepreneurship because I want to work for a company that shares my values and operates the way I think a business should operate. I'm 8 months in bootstrapped, (ramen) profitable, and proud. Perhaps that's not fiscally viable but we'll find out.

90% of business may fail within a 5 years, but how many jobs fail within 5 years?

Sure a job is 'safe' but I'm not a part of the growing culture that prefers safety at the expense of everything else. Life is about living, not avoiding death. I want to live my life to the fullest, instead of merely prolonging the inevitable a little longer. I don't think anyone sits on their deathbed saying "Gee, I really should have stuck with that safe job instead of risking it all on a startup". If your startup fails and you don't want to try again, you can always brush off the resume.
Cisco Explains Weaknesses of Social Network Users and More in Security Report
At least you can use a dummy email - it didn't require confirmation.
Wolfram Alpha's API is Free, But is it Open?
Ask HN: What should I name my open source calculator project?
I am writing an open source calculator/CAS. I am at a loss what to name it. Any suggestions?
"eventually extracting a per-handset royalty on every Android handset shipped."

I would assume if copyright infringements would indeed be found, Google would remove them. So no royalties for future Android handsets, or what am I missing?
Relax to the sound of rain with Rainfor.me
Time to post the classification of Mac lovers/haters again:

- Geeks: Love Apple. Appreciate the superior technology that goes into iOS/Mac OS. bash!

- Wannabe geeks: Hate Apple. Their tinkering skills are neither required nor wanted on Mac OS.

- Normal people: Love Apple. Appreciate things that just work.
Is Nilay Patel (the author) a lawyer?

No? Then why are we reading this?
Unconventional Ways to Grow Your Fanbase
But this is Google. The expectation is that they will watch us online and understand our every desire!
Songbird for Android
"wherein, fundamentally, lies the difference?"

I don't want to mess with Google's or Facebook's or Apple's code. I want to publish stuff without having to pay a fee to Apple.

Granted, maybe there will always be the Internet, so we have nothing to worry about.

In essence, Apple would end up being more like TV, only with more channels.

I don't like Google or Facebook becoming monopolies, either.
I seem to recall Motel Formule 1 doing this at least eight years ago in Canberra, at least if you happened to arrive late (after the checkin desk was closed). You'd show up, scan your credit card, and receive... actually I don't remember whether it spat out a key or a code.

Also, don't Japanese love hotels operate on a similar system?
By the way I don't think people who read HN are in the top 5% - think of Facebook's 500 MILLION (!) users. Saying that the people who read HN are in the 0.1% group of computer users would still be optimistic, IMO. The time when geeks were 5% of the web is a very long time ago - 2000-ish, maybe?
PayPal owes Mark Zuckerberg $308.62
AOL's secret: Most profits come from redundant Internet access subscriptions
Yup, statutory damages for copyright infringement suck for individuals, but for someone like Google they're not awful (AFAIR it's something like $7,500 or $150,000 depending on something per count).
Open Mind Common Sense - Derive knowledge from simple English sentences
Looks great! Classy feel to the video. Is this something you plan on making money with or just something to help people remember their loved ones (or both)?
Fun, but sloooooow.
Using Opera 11 -- the text in the box doesn't auto-erase when I go to type something in.

This is super cool, though.
You could be right. A brontosaurus, unlike a velociraptor, could easily kill you without trying. Heck, it could probably kill you without noticing. And if it did try, you're just as dead from an angry brontosaurus as you are from an angry T-Rex.
its just an interesting experiment imo
This is cool, though I'm partial to the idea because I like exploring methods of acquiring linguistic data. Although the data they are getting isn't entirely useful because of their methods (the answers are free form). The questions tend to not be properly answerable without some kind of context ("What will next time bring?"), but it's interesting to see a large number of answers to a specific question.

This reminds me of Open Mind Common Sense (http://openmind.media.mit.edu/) which does a much better job of capturing data that can be used as a linguistic resource.
By that same note every hotel I've been at in the last few years has been automated at every point other than the check-in. Mostly using the TV to order additional services, check-out, etc...

I think most hotels keep the check-in clerks to sell add-ons not because they need to be there.
Terrible, terrible headline (and question). Submitter: What are we supposed to learn here? That they have a free tier for their API?
Beyond the flood of SEO spam and Demand Media-style content mills, there's another search quality problem I have with Google: torrent sites. I will frequently search on the exact name of a song or album on Google in order to find out more information about that song or album, but lately most of the results have been links to torrents, including results on the first page. This applies even if I add "review" to the search query. I will even see links to torrents ranking above links to iTunes.

These songs and albums are not available legitimately through torrents. What value is there in providing links to pirated content? I understand that Google is not under any legal obligation to remove these results, but as a non-pirate these results are significantly lowering my perception of the quality of Google's search results.
The case contains more nuances and subtleties than Engadget is willing to concede.
Brain Genes Influence Friend Choices
It is too bad that no matter how great this game is, it will never be able to the expectations created by the 12 year delay.
It is, however, completely wrong to assume that this means that Google has no incentive to treat you well. It is not altruism that compels them to remove spam from search results.

Google needs many happy users to be able to offer an attractive product to its customers. They depend on people using them just as much as they depend on advertisers paying them money. Both sides of the market are important, advertisers and users. Google cannot just ignore one side.

Those who use Google to search don’t pay Google any money and they are, in that sense, no customers. You shouldn’t read much more into that word, though.

(Two sided markets and network effects are fascinating and relevant to so many discussions on HN. Wikipedia has a pretty good primer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-sided_market)
He is, actually:

From his LinkedIn profile:

* Managing Editor at Engadget

* Managing Editor at AOL

Past:

* Contributing Editor for Transmission at Gapers Block Media, LLC

* Attorney at Agency 68

* Associate at Saper Law

http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7766341
> Because somewhere along the line, Google took Oracle's code, replaced the GPL language with the incompatible Apache Open Source License

Where exactly is there any evidence Google did this? It seems Google copied the files as is - it didn't remove and replace copyright (and license) texts. In fact, the original texts are there, and that is how Florian found these files in the first place.

Merely bundling a file inside Android doesn't mean Google claims it is Apache-licensed either, btw - much (most?) of Android is not Apache licensed, the Linux kernel for example.
And his specialty was copyright and trademark law.
Damn spell check got me…
Royalties on the 40-60 million already shipped may not be pocket change. Although honestly I don't think you can get that money from Google. I think they'd have to get Samsung, HTC, etc... as Google doesn't actually ship the devices. You'd probably get some other type of damages awarded to Oracle for this.
Oh yes...too right. Apologies. I meant MacOS and my brain immediately brought up OS X for some reason.
Steve Jobs, Get Well Soon
If apple does end up having that variety of completely push model, they will end up alienating their most evangelical userbase - something they may potentially not particularly care about by the point at which they'd make a decision of that ilk - however, if they do, said evangelists will jump ship, fast, and the next iteration of creation and growth will start once more.

Monopolies only exist when they're protected by law - take, for instance, Fannie Mae and friends - in a capitalist society, however, in the absence of such foul concepts as lobbying, monopolies don't exist, and can't, as typical monopolistic behaviour is ultimately self-destructive, as it merely encourages consumers to seek alternate service or product providers.

In terms of having to pay a fee to apple - they provide the platform, they provide the consumers, they provide the tools - and for that, you pay a fee. The alternative is self-publishing, which is, and always will be, possible, but it doesn't come with a built-in consumer base, and therein lies the rub.
Hu to Ballmer: Ha ha!

Could it be MS is estimating the Windows install base is much larger than it really is?
Probably because that was always the plan.
John Carmack: "Being focused means ignoring things...lack of ready empathy."
Oregon Trail: How three Minnesotans forged its path
Maybe make this a LinkedIn app? Sign in via LinkedIn, see the companies you worked at as headings. Then, beneath each heading, fill in the projects you worked on? Entries are shared on LinkedIn. It's a way to more clearly articulate to the world the types of things you've done.

Given that LinkedIn is the leading business social network, and given that the users of iWorkedOn clearly have an interest in sharing what they've worked on, wouldn't this be a natural fit?

(BTW: title needs to change. Says "Ask HK" (hong kong!?) :-)
I have updated the script to ask you if you want to build Ruby from source or install RVM (Wayne from RVM pointed me in the right direction)
I thought this had always been a MSFT business plan?
Given that very few people in china are going to spend a years salary on a full copy of MS Office the alternatives are:

1, They develop their own local software

2, They adopt and localize some open source software

3, They pirate your software making you a defacto standard

Which would you prefer - long term?
Back to the Future with Peter Thiel
But it would be funnier on youtube !
It depends what you mean by 'an artist'. Consider that every one of us is constantly expressing ourselves, in unique ways and with a unique personality, in language. There's no reason you can't train someone to have similar competency to express themselves in another medium.

People who attend those 'drawing from life' courses invariably are much better by the end of it. I knew a guy who didn't have a lot of artistic flair, but he liked cars and machines. By the end of the course he was producing some really precise, great looking drawings of vehicles and engines.

If you define 'an artist' as someone who's able to move the state of the art, create bold new visions -- well, not everyone may be capable of that. But I think that's an unnecessarily narrow conception of art.
A beginners' guide to Davos
Git + DTerm = Great source control in OS X