skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think it's a bit paternalistic to be concerned about this because of "wasted work". One of the best ways to learn about a piece of code is to start hacking on it, regardless of whether or not any changes you make or features you add will be needed or wanted by the upstream project.

If someone does the work unsolicited and then complains that you're not merging it, that's a problem, sure. But otherwise, you shouldn't feel bad about what other people choose to do with their own time.
I agree about the guessing game, but games are fun! I spent a good long while reading this site that speculates on all sorts of cool future achievements.

http://www.futuretimeline.net/
Which might be explained by the fact that this is the Toronto Star.
Virginia pilot program halves electricity bill for charging EVs overnight
Well, you're doing a good job.

What did you write it in? Python?
And so we continue to amuse ourselves to death.
Gates seems to imply in the first paragraph that vaccinating children will somehow lead to population control. He made the same connection in a TED talk. I don't see the link. Does anybody know what he's referring to?
Don't forget, skipping flu vac could also lead to potentially lethal flu infections for the elderly as well.
> the project mailing list is a market for the project design

It's also where design decisions are recorded so that people can come along and read about them in the future.

Excellent article: it points out one of the things I don't like so much about people's use of github, in a constructive way.
> similar to Rockmelt's beta

I think you mean LaunchRock.
Leadership of Egypt's ruling party resigns
Edit: My bad. I thought Mubarak but it is his son and another guy.
I changed the title so that is was accurate instead of my initial "Mubarak resigns". My apologies for adding to the confusion.
Not to mention that their name (at least in the US) is phonetically synonymous with "doesn't work".
Can you be a bit more specific? Surely, angrypandas.com won't work?
I assumed he was referring to the idea of families in areas with higher rates of infant mortality and childhood disease having more kids to perpetuate their families.

If kids are less likely to die, then in theory, parents don't need to have as large a family in order to ensure that some survive.
I wonder if this is just defensive. Given Nigeria's reputation for Internet scams and bit.ly's problems with Libya, would Microsoft really want to build a URL shortener around this TLD?
Heh awesome! Oh btw, I have one for you:
alias become="sudo ~/s -"
(in .bashrc)
LaunchRock was inspired the initial launch of Rockmelt... I don't know if that's the source of the name. Rockmelt was the first app I know of that successfully allowed users to climb higher on the wait list by performing actions to increase app virality.
Hey Loren - excellent article. I often fall into the trap of over-engineering something or getting stuck in the details and not getting it done. The simplicity of what you put together is very inspiring and almost a talent in itself. Awesome. And...you just keep banging out this content too! Do you sleep? :-)

I wish I had the design chops you have. I've come to realize it just isn't going to happen for me. It's not my thing. The fact that you've got the design skills, the street smarts and the coding skills necessary to throw stuff together like this quickly makes you a very lethal weapon.

I have very much enjoyed watching your posts over the last few weeks. You've hit it hard man and I expect you're going to be the next patio11! You're on a roll -- keep it up!

Quick Question: The photoshop shirt template you linked to - where did you get that?

Anyway, you're inspiring me, and I suspect a LOT of other people too.
I would pronounce it "Sue-key" not "Suck-y"
They all think Google and Facebook are the norm.
I stunned. I really did not think it would happen.
I appreciate that you may not be able to give full details yet. We're not advertising much about what we're doing either, until we're ready to ramp up the marketing properly as we approach launch time.

The one suggestion I would make for when you are able to reveal more is that when you write things like this:

> The concept we are working from is creating an API and possibly an embedded JavaScript to analyze the data and to provide updates, alerts and reporting.

it sounds like something I might potentially be interested in, but I'd need to know in concrete terms what the "data" here is.

I suspect we're not alone in planning a service that is, essentially, a way to access a database from a browser. Providing that access is the easy bit, relatively speaking. More difficult is collecting useful information to make decisions about how to grow the service, particularly in the early months when there are many ideas but not enough resources to chase all of them at once.

If you can make life easier in that department, I imagine we'd at least take a look. However, I have to say in fairness that with so many similar services around, we'd need to have a clear idea of what might be in it for us very quickly or we wouldn't spend any time investigating further. It's not as if any startup running a database-type service like ours isn't going to have plans for in-house analytics that are already tailored to their specific needs, so I think you've got a potentially useful idea but probably a tough sell until you can give more detail. Maybe this poll is a bit premature.
I hope you realize that it's possible you've killed someone. Perhaps a 6 month old or a 90 year old who's immune system is too weak to respond appropriately to a flu vaccine, and who die by the thousands every year from the flu.

Because even though you aren't symptomatic from the flu due to a strong immune system, you are still likely a carrier.
I don't think I have actually ever said it verbally - but in my head I've always read suk-EY. I would imagine you are correct, though.
> As an analogy: I would have almost certainly died without antibiotics during the years that I lived without a diagnosis. Now I am able to combat infection without antibiotics, but I simply didn't have that knowledge for most of my life.

That's completely the opposite of a vaccine. Antibiotics are heavy-handed cures that quickly make a problem go away while potentially causing more problems for you and everyone else down the line. Fighting infections without antibiotics is backed by sound science.
You only need to find someone who can succeed once, the problem being that that once has to be your time.
Take a number.
I've never seen professional studios transfer copyright to people. That's why none of the photo services in Walmart, Walgreens, etc. will make a copy of a photo that was taken professionally.
You should read the book "Ishmael" and see if it changes your view.

http://www.amazon.com/Ishmael-Adventure-Spirit-Daniel-Quinn/...
This isn't "The Daily Star".
Interesting. I always thought that people stopped having large families mostly due to the economic reasons. ie In an agrarian society more kids = more wealth because they can work on the farm and so on, whereas in an industrialized society more kids = less wealth because they mostly eat up resources for 2 decades or more.
You are not the only one arguing about the project's lack of maturity and the existence of better, more mature alternatives (which ones?).

I can understand this sentiment, and I'd love to be able to add a Maven dependency on this project and start using it on production code tomorrow (well, monday actually).

But I am also glad Google followed the "ship early, ship often" mantra . Better alternatives may or may not exist, but I'm pretty sure I had never heard of them before, and never really cared for "contract programming" until now. I knew about JSR 305 and used the @Nonnull annotation when it made sense, but that's about it (I guess doing this already puts me ahead of 80% of Java programmers in this regard...).

Some might say that it's sad people waited for a Google-branded project to be interested in this subject. I choose to view it as an opportunity for the field as a whole. The interesting discussions it sparked (here and on other websites) are worth it by themselves. Some developers might even compare options and start using one of the "better alternatives" you hint about.

The project may be young, but it seems to generate a lot of interest, and I'm sure many people will contribute and improve it.
"It is simple to protect your data. Don't put anything on Facebook that you want protected."

Like your list of friends?

No corporation has a right to know who my friends are. And keeping off sites like Facebooks is one of the best ways to keep that information private.
This is very good information for us. This poll is part of our "is this a marketable idea" phase. It will help us decide if we should focus only on these tools for our products, or if we should design it for use by other applications through the API.

I had my reservations about people being willing to rely on an external service for this type of functionality, but it sounds like the bigger concern is more of value and utility. This should help us work towards the right design.
If you're using Windows, the closest thing you'll find is Feedly which is a Firefox addon.

http://www.feedly.com/

Incidentally I am creating a RSS Reader (actually much more than that) which is very similar to Flipboard in terms of the interface. But unfortunately, I probably won't have it ready for at least a few more months. Email me if you're interested in knowing a bit more, or helping out (I could use some help with the coding)
It might take a while to get the right audience but it could be like the App Store for small/new developers who could never get any sizable audience at all to really explore a project in process.
"not having facebook is the new not owning a TV"

Great analogy. Both are a complete waste of time.
Firing someone is one of the situations where you can get into legal trouble. So the best advice I can give is to not be heavy handed, and be respectful of the subjects rights and feelings.

The best opportunity to do it would be if they stay later than the rest of the team, or come in earlier, to do it away from the rest of the team. It is humiliating to fire someone and then parade them in front of the team. Asking them to stay late (Eg: 5:30 if the team goes home at 5) on a friday night might be a good way to do it.

You inform them that they have signed a confidentiality agreement and need to delete any copies of proprietary code or data they may have.

Be sure to give them some severance, unless they committed a heinous crime. Some companies make you sign an agreement not to sue as part of severance. Have all this work out after you fire them, rather than on the spot. (You don't want to force them to give up rights in an emotional situation, where they are ambushed by the firing and thus, by definition, have not had an opportunity to consult with a lawyer.)

Whatever they have done, realize this is a failure on your part. Treat them respectfully, and do not fall into the trap of attempting to rationalize or justify it. IF you can give them an honest answer as to why (assuming this is not for cause) then do so. Otherwise they may well assume it is for age, religion, skin color, etc.

Having a letter of recommendation written "To whom it may concern" beforehand and signed by signficiant people in the company (if this is a startup, that means the CEO) would be a classy thing to do. (again assuming it is not for cause.)

If it is for cause then you have to tell them the cause. If they dispute it, then say that decision to fire is made and if they wish to they can of course consult a lawyer.

The team will move forward even if you do everything wrong. But how you treat the employee, no matter what they did, will affect how the team sees you. So, treat them as you would want to be treated.
These surveys pander to a certain audience. Just had to check, and sure enough it's on Apple Insider, just as it will be or already is on most Apple-related blogs. These survey companies skip the middle man and often target the Apple community directly, because it is certain attention. The Apple community is simply too addicted to these things, with no discretion or filter.

We've had survey, after survey, after survey, foretelling doom and gloom for Android. All while actual metrics have shown it gaining marketshare by leaps and bounds. If I have to pick between reality and "what a self-selected group picks on an online form, usually to get offered a $5 Amazon certificate or the like", I'll choose the former.

My observation stands. Just noticed that the original poster has the email address "iphone". Indeed.
I tried signing up and was surprised that a Twitter account is required.
You should really read the book "Ishmael". It explores the end-game of our "way of life" and gives thoughts to alternatives. It doesn't involve an extraordinarily intelligent alien showing us the way, but an alternatively evolved intelligence here on earth.
Reminds me of this chapter in Superfreakonomics:
http://books.google.com/books?id=_Gy-McfqgYgC&lpg=PA26&#...
I think it's important that you realize I agree with you on the fundamental issues of whether we need to have 100% coverage on vaccinations - that is absolutely my belief, and those who don't think that should be the case, should go visit the third world where there isn't 100% coverage, and see how childhood diseases ravage the population. In the first world, we've gotten uses to a standard of living, sometimes not realizing how it came about (Clean Water, Vaccinations, Public Health Systems) - we take it for granted.

I'm just hoping that while you see how we agree on that topic, that we perhaps should have a little bit more consideration or respect for the role of a parent, in determining what is done to their children, from the perspective of vaccination (and by extension, education, religion).

I'd rather we ensure that all parents vaccinate their children through enlightened understanding of why it's important, rather than because some third-party believes they aren't equipped to make informed decisions about vaccination and doesn't give them the choice. (Excepting, of course, unusual circumstances where you have a pandemic underway and there is immediate and significant threat to the populace from unvaccinated individuals - in that scenario, Civil Health overrides personal choice and you get vaccinated (adults and children) whether you like it or not) - but that's a rare scenario, usually the one at risk from a missing vaccination is the one missing the vaccination.
Why nobody listens.
Why is so important to "reduce population growt"?
Gates clearly stated that (look in transcript of the interview on cnn).
Am i crazy? Why packard foundation also is big on this?
Why this elites make decisions for all of you?
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=...
Are you choosing not to use facebook?
There really is no practical way to "make sure" they delete anything. They could have seen the writing on the wall weeks ago and smuggled code out.

If I was bringing my own laptop into a job, and they fired me and wanted to see what was on my laptop, the response I'd give them is "show me a court order."

This is one of the reasons why it is a good idea to provide your employees with the equipment they need to do the job.

If it is their laptop, then you do not have the right to go snooping around in it, you pretty much (absent prior written agreement) have to take their word that they have or will delete anything proprietary.
I didn't even notice that one. Go figure.
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A couple people have mentioned the query plan changing in the middle of the night. Is the scenario a single query getting executed two different ways by the same running system? Or is it from upgrading to a new version of PostgreSQL and hitting different behavior? If it's the first scenario, would using prepared statements help somewhat with avoiding unexpected changes?

// Edit: Sorry for the naive question. I see that other people are saying that is the first one.
A story of pi
well it can't look THAT awful ;)
if the functionality is good the first few folks won't mind .

i cant remember who said that: "if you feel comftable shipping your product - you waited to long"
The sarcasm tag seems to get filtered out here.
I completely agree. The primary reason I left Facebook was because of concerns about my privacy.

No corporation has a right to know who my friends are and who I associate with (much less exploit that information for advertising, or sell it to anyone who wants to pay for it).

I find it really disturbing that so many people in this world are so ready to give up their privacy and information about themselves for very dubious "services" like Facebook and other social media sites, not to mention things like online tax services, video/book recommendation services, etc..

All of these services that are collecting information about you, your friends, and your preferences are going to be datamined to figure out even more information about you.

For instance, there has been research done to figure out political affiliation and sexual preferences from the movies one watches on Netflix. It's really just a matter of time before information like that gets used to discriminate against people (or worse).
FWIW, I personally have no trouble relying on external services, provided that they are reputable and unlikely to disappear or otherwise let us down. As we're in the UK and many such services are abroad, legal action is never likely to be relevant here, so trust is everything.

You are quite right that I am far more interested in the cost/benefit question. To give you a specific example, we could build a monthly credit card billing system ourselves, using nothing but a payment gateway and merchant account. However, we know this would be painful, since anything to do with handling credit cards in-house is painful anyway, and setting up a robust system to do that would take a huge amount of development time that we would rather invest in our service. Thus we are seriously evaluating a small number of automated billing services, and fully expect to use one or other of them provided we can set up the pricing plans we need on their system by launch time.

On the other hand, we are unlikely to use Google Analytics. Leaving aside the "It's Google"/privacy concerns, I just don't find it particularly powerful or easy to use. On the other other hand, a good analytics system for our purposes, which could be integrated with our back-end database code to get whatever source data we want to evaluate but handle all the maths/pretty pictures/etc. easily, would be of substantial value to us. I'm not sure whether this is the sort of thing you have in mind, which at this point is a problem for both of us. ;-)
Well, or you could take the joking in stride, and repost it, this time without the metaphor:)

I think the dating metaphor that's been mentioned is apt though. I'd think that even if you hadn't started with the "pregnant" metaphor. Getting someone excited about an idea is always a gradual process, not just when trying to find a cofounder. It's the same when you're trying to sell a product, too.

You need to gradually woo someone. Present the rough idea initially, but then allow them to start taking ownership of the idea themselves by brainstorming with you, and start helping you to shape it. Cofounders (and most early employees) need to feel like they're working on "their" idea, not someone else's. And chances are, your idea still needs a ton of refinement yet, so you actually really need the help.
* potential!

I am disappointed that there is no image of the aerial imagery nor the ground. At least the photo looks 99% like generic stock footage.

The commemts seem to be spammers.
She might have a right to noncommercial distribution.

It's not uncommon to give that for childrens' photographs and "glamor shots" that you get at the mall. This way people can make copies for their own private use, without worrying about breaking the law and the photographer will still get paid if say the boys photo ends up on the nightly news.
Considering that she's a teenage minor I think this is a pretty good level of sanity for her.

I'd consider her cleverness at googlebombing her ex to be a +1.
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Nonetheless, many people steal data from their former employer: http://www.cio.com/article/481883/More_Than_Half_of_Fired_Em...

[...] employees on the day they were laid off all tried to grab corporate information about high-worth individuals thinking it could help them in the future.

Maybe this should be taken in consideration for your firing process.
They didn't want to name him in order to avoid having their site show up, when people searched for the guy (thus adding insult to injury). From that standpoint, the image including the name is irrelevant as it doesn't weigh in on search result rating.
Of course he asked this as did most others his age at this time; don't really see the controversy here.
Thanks for your thoughts! One project or my main project is going to be like facebook for an untapped market. So with that being said, can Python help with that? I thought python was similar to Java. Just programming apps or software, not websites? Do you think i should start looking for a tech co-founder agian?
It's not that simple. The earliest documented use of "hacker" actually did mean breaking into a (pre-computer) system. Sorry I don't have the citation handy and noprocrast (blessed be its name) is about to kick in on me. But it's been discussed here before.

So both uses of "hacker" can claim legitimacy. Perhaps that's as it should be. Maybe we shouldn't try to completely segregate the unauthorized from the creative. I'm tempted to say language knows best.

wasn't it stated multiple times that the people who break into computer systems are not to be called [...]

Stated by whom? This is the problem with the term "cracker". It's an artificial concoction (like "womyn") designed to make a point. That's why nobody uses it.
[sarcasm]No, if you're a hacker you're an expert in everything.[/sarcasm]

Of course it holds, what point are you making?
How do you make the T-shirts though, or what service do you use for getting them made? (Sorry if this is a naive question.)
Just a note for people who deal with export/import of goods costing this much or more: it can be very worthwhile looking into credit insurance (specifically, trade/business credit insurance) facilities.

Most of the larger companies have offices in places like Singapore and China so can offer help there, and for reasonable premiums you can be completely covered for things like this (legal fees, collections, remediation, etc.).

I've never had a need, but some friends who run physical goods companies swear by it for reducing risk and, arguably more importantly, stress (big losses from complicated situations like this are almost entirely mitigated).
I haven't heard this particular phrase before vut I'm familiar with the concept. I've seen more than one show on the Wild West, various gold rushes and so forth. This concept comes up again and again.

One show coined this as "mining the miners", which I like.

There is a danger here though. If your business is selling pickaxes then it lives and dies by the mining industry. But I guess that applies to a lot of business types.

Another danger for B2B type businesses like Akamai is with no brand identity and loyalty you are in danger of being swapped and/or commoditized.
wow really? I thought Dreamweaver was the best. I googled top tools used by web designers, and that always came up. I always see Dreamweaver everywhere I look. what tools do you use? If you dont mind me asking. It seems that notpad is good for me to start with, but I also have evernote and that shows me the results of the code ive typed. what do you think?