skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm not admitting to any special skills whatsoever that's the whole point.

Programming logic controllers is very simple. They are designed to be like Excel, something that non-programmers can program.

The hard part of this operation was getting the information about the Iranian labs, which was surely beyond top secret. There were probably dozens of special ops guys involved in that part. But that's nothing to do with the programming.

As far as zero day exploits, they are widely for sale to the highest bidder, one only needs money not skills. But if one has no money, that's not a problem either. It's not like there's a shortage of them, I've made plenty of vulnerability reports myself to various vendors. So have most people who are even moderately competent. There are thousands of vulnerabilities to choose from. I don't find it hard to believe there are people holding some back. If you're a government agency monitoring all the hacking boards though you already know about a bunch of unpublicized vulnerabilities.
The only old money in India are the Brahmin and descendants of royalty, and even the Brahmin have to work for a living. The dichotomy doesn't likely have a lot of meaning there.

Virtually everyone or their direct ancestors earned their wealth in China and India, honestly or otherwise.

A social class is a cross-section of the population that shares an economic banding and cultural values.

That is, yuppies (middle-upper class professionals, frequently white or asian in the US), the working rich (MBA grads and entrepreneurs that built their wealth and frequently must continue working in order to maintain their status).

How old are you?
I disagree. Running EC2 isn't rocket science. With web console, they have made it more simple.

What is little hard is, auto load balancing, shutting down instances based on req/minute, monitoring and stuff. But you don't play with that, if you are using remote EC2 machine as desktop.
Do you mean "incentive to predict conservatively" rather than "incentive to under-predict"?
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On the contrary, I've even started using my 3G as my primary internet device, just for basic web surfing and stuff. My eyes feel more relaxed than they have in years.
I find relaxation with a countdown decidedly un-zen.

It's a well-meant attempt of bringing some calamity into our lives, though, thanks for that!
Bloggers outnumber AAPL sell-side coverage by infinity to 48.
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OK so they're not guessing, but they're still biased. I'd like to see them correctly call a bad quarter before I'm convinced.
Placing VC blog readership on an axis and comparing to deal flow/fundraising/etc. would make this much more interesting.
Is this URL still dead? Earlier my id was not verified, but now it is.
Like I said - you're thinking in the past. Have some vision.

We can pipe that content via satellite, dump it to a DVD even if needed.

It is "anemic" on information becuase THEY JUST FREAKING LAUNCHED.

Wait 5 years.
Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant will get Froyo tomorrow
Sounds a lot like http://esm.cs.cmu.edu/about/index.html

btw, I hope he doesn't plan on making money on this.
Rinera (now Conviva) tried and failed. Media company executives freak out at any mention of P2P. I bet they freak out even more when they hear P2P and Bram Cohen in the same sentence.
Marc McDonald stayed for quite a while after he was reacquired ... he might still be there.
Workrave[1] and antirsi[2] have helped me take breaks like this regularly. Beyond the wrist relief it's nice to take a short break and refresh my mind before continuing work.

[1]http://www.workrave.org/
[2]http://tech.inhelsinki.nl/antirsi/
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I passed.

Because I clicked open a lot of stories from the main HN page in background tabs, and by the time I got to that one, it had told me I had passed.
I agree with the basic idea - large brands shouldn't have to pay the usual Groupon-style 50% margins, but they probably don't - LivingSocial/Groupon likely offer large brands heavy discounts, like a cross-promotion. And I'm sure Groupon is happy to run custom promotions for large brands.

Anyway, this annoyed me a little:

2. Brands that need a quick shot of cash can capture that
demand with a great deal and the right social commerce
middleware

coming on the heels of this:

Chris Treadaway is founder and CEO of Lasso, the
social commerce middleware solution for brands

I don't know of any other companies pitching "social commerce middleware", and nowhere does he define said middleware.

I'd prefer he go ahead and just pitch his solution instead of using this circuitous "large brands should use middleware"-->"what is middleware?"-->"middleware is lasso!".
"I ask: why?"

They told you. It will look off-center. Draw the lines on the right side of the text that they drew on the left above that and you'll see it. If the box is 20 units wide, the center of the centered text will be put at 10 units by your layout algorithm, but that will actually be to the right of the "actual" center, because nearly all lines of text will actually be shorter than 20 units. The 20 is an upper bound, not an actual bound.

I would be intrigued to see if they say the same thing if one justifies the text, but my guess is that they would tell you not to justify your text on the web anyhow.
there are many studies that show that analysts are actually generally overly optimistic. there's no issue at play. the sample size here is one
I'd say that HTML5 may have been influenced by the logo, but there are a lot of logos out there and many are similar.
Thanks for posting this, I was just thinking about this problem on a website I'm building. Very useful, though I also wish JS could do handle it.
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Casual language, where the user "violates" the terms of the warranty, then Apple "voids" the agreement. The user wants to breach the terms, but would still like the cover provided by the warranty. They don't set out to void the warranty as a goal, if Apple were to uphold their end, the user would be perfectly happy to keep it. So, the cause is the violation of terms, the result is voiding of the warranty. Ends up meaning the same thing.
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I don't think anyone saw this coming. Like a fountain in the middle of the mall...
Whenever I read an article like this, I wonder what exactly they'd like me to do. Build software for customers whose markets I'm not familiar with, languages I don't speak, and customs and tastes I'm ignorant of? Sounds like a recipe for failure to me.
WHAT ABOUT ALL CAPS? GOOD? BAD?
One word: "upgrade".

If you happen to need an 11.6" Macbook Air with a 250Gb SSD rather than the max-size 128Gb one that Apple will sell you, then you need to be able to crack the case without damaging it.

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Aura_Pro_Express

(I have every intention of upping my Airbook to 250Gb in a few months, and it'd be nice not to have to worry about gotchas like this.)
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why not use fallback IP-addy based geolocation if the browser's isn't available? And a fallback for no websocket support?
"(The blogs in bold saw traffic growth.)"
Sort of, "conservatively" would imply "keeping it safe" when predicting earnings, but I was really trying to raise the question of if the firms have anything to gain by deliberately making public predictions that are lower than they truly believe.
That seems likely in the future, particularly since Gingerbread (Android 2.3) supports SIP-based Internet calling out of the box now.
If you are targeting students, I think it would useful to allow an option location input as well, so they can specify exactly where they are broadcasting from in addition to the geolocation. AKA "University Center" or "123 Science Hall" so the can more accurately tell where the people are they are conversing with.
Once again, I'll point to Mac OS X as a counterexample to the theory that providing a good experience to normal users requires denying control to power users.
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I think his larger point is that it may not be working for anyone in the future, and that all of this stuff is about to change quite a bit.
You should switch it, and see how long it takes to fail?
It probably cannot be made to work with flash (without Adobe's help.) To build a p2p system like this, you need greater access to the OS than the flash sandbox will allow. The only way to get this is through a browser plugin.
Octoshape had a special deal with Adobe where the flash player would install the Octoshape plugin, without the user having to do anything. This was because the code was signed by Adobe.
Re: your post. No need to kill ssh when it hangs. Type <ENTER> <~> <.> to kill the session. There's other commands available - type "~?" to see them.
Wouldn't the computer be auto locked? It's going to have to type out the password.
Thanks for the insight. It'd be interesting to know from a technical standpoint where the problems lie, if you don't mind providing a little detail.
There isn't any ethnic component to it, I can tell you that. Wealth is obviously a factor, but it isn't exclusive.
Not really. Why should you 'casually' review it? It still takes about as much time and effort to 'casually' review something and come to a conclusion about it that you're willing to write about and stamp your name on, as it does to do it 'properly'.

Here's a post by Scott Aaronson from the last time something like this happened.

http://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=456
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Followed perhaps only by the advice of "stop reading hacker news and work on your product" and "stop commenting on hacker news and work on your product"
Logical implication in action - a poll
I submitted a poll,
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2124808,
then realised the short-coming that people would see the current voting before casting a vote.

Here's a quick experimental hack as an alternative.

In the light of a recent article (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2121428) by Tim Gowers about the difficulties some people have with mathematical logic, I wondered what people here would answer to this question.

Suppose I have four cards. Each card has a letter on one side, and a digit on the other. I arrange them so that you can see "D", "3", "K" and "4". I then claim that every "D" has a "4" on the other side.

Which cards do you need to turn over to see if I'm right?

Click on the appropriate link.
There're similarities alright, but stolen? Not a chance.
Along with the viewpoint of being skeptic about religious stuff, I can most certainly understand. But of all these religions that exist, there must be some sort of truth between them all, considering the many congruencies. One document I have been treading through is this one: http://hermetic.com/crowley/book-4/aba1.html

The premise that is argued is a very strong one, being "Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions?" It is as academic as one can be, with appropriate cites and books to read and refer to. However, it is a "Howto" manual that does require quite a bit of work.

As an aside, I bet you (and others) have had the problem of itching and scratching and burning and freezing and biting and everything else that could go wrong when you try to meditate. I had it when I first started to practise, and the general feelings of discomfort only seem to multiply. Asana is the Hindu technique used in order to quiet the mind and body. It's in the same document.
Click on your choice:

Just D - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D

Just 3 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?3

Just K - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?K

Just 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?4

D and 3 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D3

D and K - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?DK

D and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D4

3 and K - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?3K

3 and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?34

K and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?K4

D, 3 and K - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D3K

D, 3 and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D34

D, K and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?DK4

3, K and 4 - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?3K4

All of them - http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LogicalImplication.html?D3K4
The irony is that most startup blogs are written and maintained by failed entrepreneurs. Despite their exalted status in the tech scene, look closely at their bio and you'll be surprised that they have yet to really prove themselves as entrepreneurs. It's far easier said (or blogged) than done.

It's like the affiliate marketer, the self-help guru, or the Dr. Phils of the world who've made a name for themselves only by selling you and others into it. There are several startup blogs and schools of thought that I'm thinking of here that are no different.

It's like the publishing industry. For every great book or blog you read there are thousands of other crappy ones. People in the startup/venture business who have the strongest track records though are also the same people who write the best startup advice.

That's why I love reading posts by Mark Cuban, PG, Paul Bucheit, Derek Sivers, Fred Wilson, Howard Lindzon, Andy Swan, the list goes on... real wisdom is always hard-earned.
Wouldn't var i have to be set to -1:

for (var i = -1; els[++i];) ?

Otherwise, the alert won't trigger on the first li element.
Or just search for "fabric" without personalization/being-logged-in and you probably get the Python-related fabric in the top 10.

It was result number 7 for me.
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What is you opinion on All caps or Small caps headlines?
I think they are captivating, and small caps even induce some eye flow.
What's interesting in India is that you'll often find a slum right next to a super luxurious hotel like the Oberoi or the Taj. I've never been able to understand why squatting "sticks" there but not here (I've seen police trying to "clean up" the slums -- you'd think the violence would scare people away).
I use these:
http://www.scirocco.ca/takeabreak.html
and
http://www.dejal.com/timeout/

There is a work method based on this as well: http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/
we are flattered by the similarity, not angry
The only people who will be surprised by this are people who do not understand probability.

Nobody expects analysts to be right every time, and nobody expects individuals to be wrong every time. You can't extrapolate a general principle from a single datum.

Now, if this were happening consistently -- amateurs were consistently more accurate than professionals -- then I would be surprised. I would draw the conclusion that the professionals had some other goal than accurate predictions, though, rather than that they were incompetent.
You think a website has a right to track where I came from. I think a user has a right to privacy.
The article's not loading for me, but I can't figure out why you'd bother with jQuery to preload images instead of pure Javascript and the image object...

--edit--

Oh, it just loaded. It looks like it's meant to preload CSS images, which makes more sense.
i think a t-test is in order
Micro instances are super constrained on CPU in my experience. Unusably so.
WebSockets is only TCP. Bram is using his own networking stack based on UDP.
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programming is not about being able to memorize language-specific syntax or function calls. If the book has good exercises, by all means do them - But rarely will you find yourself in a situation where you don't have a book, the internet, etc to reference specific functions.

Best approach to tackle self education is CS? Just start making stuff. Who cares if somebody already made it. Who cares if nobody will ever see it. I know it goes against the programming mantra of "don't repeat yourself" but there are many times when a jquery plugin or open source piece of software existed to do something I wanted... yet I rolled my own simply for the joy of learning how to do it. Build yourself a blog from scratch, for example.

And if you plan on programing for the web, read this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/72394/what-should-a-devel...
that new html5 logo reminds of the shield from zelda 1, 'but something will ya!'
Mine does the same (Chrome+WinXP). Makes it incredibly hard to sit through when it's yelling Fail at me every time the counter gets to 1:57 regardless of me not actually doing anything. I only think I could sit through about 30 seconds of it flashing Fail until I left (tempted to debug, but too busy with work). I also briefly wondered if that was the test -- to sit through the buggy countdown clock without trying to troubleshoot why it's broken, if that's the test, I failed.
Yes, this is exactly the market that makes sense for Apple. They are tremendous products for people willing to pay a premium not to have to deal with the nuts and bolts and desiring to concentrate only on the task at hand. The astonishing part is that through amazing PR and Marketing that they have also managed to convince self-described 'hackers' (this is ostensibly Hacker News) that Apple makes great products for them as well.

It's as if a bunch of car racing enthusiasts were gonzo about a Prius with a welded shut hood! In my experience, while some racing fans are content with keeping the hood shut, most racers are also good mechanics. Are there other examples of experts being so willing to accept that their tools are not customizable? I think of things like low-fi music and the Holga, but even there there is a lot of modding going on.

The obvious answer is probably that 'hacker' is an applied rather than base characteristic. Rather, one can be a software hacker without caring at all about the underlying hardware. But I'm dubious: while it's certainly possible to write good software while never looking at the layers below your preferred virtual machine, I have to think that you benefit from knowing how that layer really works. And that one, and that one.
Finding and buying a five-lobed screwdriver is "simple"?
Use feature detection rather than browser/UA sniffing. Tools such as http://www.modernizr.com and http://www.headjs.com (limited feature detection but also provides other features) can be very helpful.
Because it is political. Besides I find nothing strange about a slum next to a 5 star hotel, but I am an Indian. :)
What‽ It isn't even Turing complete.

How about a 16 bit computer made from 3000 transistors[1] that runs at 500kHz? http://www.6502.org/users/dieter/mt15/mt15.htm

[1] umm, and a couple 74 series chips to generate the clocks and buffer the busses.
I've been tempted to write "Top Ten Articles Containing Ten Reasons Top Ten Lists are Bad".
I love PuSH and we are using it on feedr.embed.ly. It was pretty simple to implement and the code is tight. The only thing that would save us a lot of work is if RSS feeds provided canonical links. We need a canonical link to match RSS feeds to our link metadata properly.
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and effective vaccine for Malaria.
This disease is a major killer in tropical and sub-tropical regions and any real vaccine can save literally millions of lives.

The abstract is at http://www.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/abstract/S1931-3128(10...
The actual PDF is at http://download.cell.com/cell-host-microbe/pdf/PIIS193131281...

EDITed for PDF link
I heard an interesting quote the other day: paraphrased: "With limited resources, why are you A/B testing your home page when you could be improving your value proposition? THAT's the best thing you could do to improve conversion."

With recruiting, it seems like a lot of effort is given towards the process (host events, try LinkedIn Pro, go after passive candidates) and a lot LESS is spent on the "product" (how awesome is the work? How great is the office environment? What about perks?). You spent $30k on a recruiter, when maybe a coat of paint, moving around some walls, and $300/week of catered meals per week might double your "conversion rate".
Looks like I missed an opportunity for a grand click-bait headline: "David Skok dissed by Wall Street Journal".

Here is the list according to the original source[1]:

1. Paul Graham (@paulg), YCombinator, Essays (97,227)
2. Fred Wilson (@fredwilson), Union Square Ventures, A VC (81,483)
3. Mark Suster (@msuster), GRP Partners, Both Sides of the Table (53,655)
4. Brad Feld (@bradfeld), Foundry Group, Feld Thoughts (38,821)
5. Chris Dixon (@cdixon), Founder Collective, cdixon.org (20,988)
6. David Skok (@bostonvc), Matrix Partners, For Entrepreneurs (14,173)
7. Charlie O’Donnell (@ceonyc), First Round Capital, This is Going to be Big (13,970)
8. Larry Cheng (@larryvc), Volition Capital, Thinking About Thinking (13,215)
9. Dave McClure (@500startups), Founders Fund, Master of 500 Hats (11,127)
10. Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), Andreesen Horowitz, Ben’s Blog (10,686)

[1] http://larrycheng.com/2011/01/19/venture-capital-vc-blog-dir...

Skok's blog comes in at number 6 on the original list, but has disappeared from the WSJ's list without explanation.

Too bad because there's a lot of great stuff on that blog and the site in general.
My day job involves running simulations that take days to run. This has, unfortunately, made me into an epic multitasker, and keeping track of all the things I'm doing at any given time taxes my brain.

I don't think the "when forced to wait, wait" strategy would work well for me.
Am I missing something? You just load a placeholder image and then after page load (or hitting a certain document scroll position or …) you alter the img src to point at the desired image. The main trick is avoiding making this jerky, which might really be more of a case of a single placeholder and then generating images on the fly as appropriate for the form-factor.
Note though that the original source uses bold to indicate blogs that have seen increased traffic over Q409 by 1,000+ uniques/month, while the WSJ says simply "the blogs in bold saw traffic growth."
Hah, good catch. Was thinking of i++ for some reason. Fixed.
reminds me of zenmoo.. .

your typing detracts from your enlightenment
I turned the sound off, and noticed that I have several species of birds singing in the background here.

Also the clock on my wall is really loud.
You're thinking of lazy load. He's talking about something different. If you were wondering how to do that, though, here is a link http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/lazyload
FYI, if I open the page in Chrome with cursor outside of the screen it counts down to 0, if my mouse is within the screen, it says Fail at about 1:57 continuously.
I am surprised no one is talking about "hukou" system? Heck, I didn't know that!

In India obviously we do not have anything like that, but there is a hint of resentment towards outside people who throng cities for jobs. North Indians were beaten up in Mumbai. You will hear faint sigh of a Bangalorean, how city has lost its culture and beauty. A Bank clerk in Chennai - for example can no longer afford auto rickshaw fair.