skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
actually, ironically enough Desire2Learn, the company who whined about being sued by Blackboard already tried. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51072915-76/utah-contract-... & http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/irony-alert-desire2le...

...until D2L realized how bad they were making themselves look.
None of the first four urls I randomly tried slashdot, ibm, dell, ycombinator have AAAA records.

IPv6 is not here and won't be for a long time. While v6 may be better in some circumstances, it is worse in others. I'll be keeping my offices behind NAT routers thank you!
Don't worry, you aren't missing anything of value. Maybe some inane babble, but you can just turn on CNN or Fox News if you're need a quick fix.
No, that is an extremely bad idea. Even if they use bcrypt. Bcrypt exists to protect the site owner from calamity, like, "thousands of user passwords posted to Rapidshare". It does very little to protect individual users against the attacker who busts into your server; whether you use bcrypt or not, they still get the contents of every input type=PASSWORD that hits the site.
The difference is that in '96, Apple was building an identity that was distancing itself from the anti-Microsoft theme which had dominated the discussion of the early 90's. The Think Different campaign was meant to define the soul of the company.

In 2006, Macs sales are competing head on with PC sales. Apple has an identity. There is no longer any question about what Apple stands for. Short humorous clips by somewhat recognizable and well liked TV personalities that compare features of computers? It's not better or worse, it's simply more appropriate.
Godspeed.

Blackboard is an abomination.
@askar: Not a problem at all. I am only concerned about seeing my idea out there :) Thanks for the input.
The same people that buy IPO stock own stock in the companies that make bad acquisitions.
I like the sentiment. I too think that anyone who has an entrepreneurial spark should give it a go (with proper preparation of course.) It also seems folly that if someone isn't predisposed to certain attributes, they shouldn't attempt the launch.

However, if you're going to throw down a gauntlet with a linkbait title like that, don't wuss out like this:
"Okay, maybe I should say “I disagree” with Mark on this issue"
1 and 2 are awesome. Thanks a million for this information. Regarding 3, I will do some more digging and update my post.
The United States is still outproducing China by over 40% in manufacturing
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That's true.

But remember that this is also the YC application system. A lot of alumni help read apps, probably just by getting a permission added to their account. So a lucky firesheep-er can probably read every application to YC. And mess up people's applications (if they get the account of an applicant before the deadline). And may reject people/delete apps if they were to get, say, pg's or harj's account.

And possibly other stuff. I don't know what all YC uses it for, but I get the impression that they continue to use it for various things (signing up for office hours?), some of which may be sensitive, once teams are accepted.
What Can I Find Out If I Use The Best People Finder I Can Find?
Blackboard is a terrible piece of software. This should be viewed as a charity mission to rescue students from the ineptitude that is Blackboard.
If your application doesn't work behind an IPv4 NAT box, then your application is broke already. It will likely be broke in IPv6 as well since firewalls are not going away (and many of the same protocols that break because of NAT also break with stateful firewalls).
Technically possible? Certainly. It would also be technically feasible to have all power provided by teams of cyclists. It's just not economically feasible.
Given that list of languages, one wonders why he didn't try Erlang, except inasmuch as it already has pretty much everything Node.js has now and more....
With apologies to xkcd:

$ git push origin HEAD:make-me-a-sandwich
git: what? make it yourself.
$ git push origin +HEAD:make-me-a-sandwich
git: okay.
I totally agree with you here. If you are planning on scaling up you team Salesforce works well, especially for managing big teams or even a number of teams.

However if you are small company say under 10 people, salesforce can be cumbersome.

So really it depends on what your company does and what you need to capture.
I addressed this point in another comment. Briefly: my advice regarding that fact would not be to improve HN's security; it would be to get the YC functionality off HN, stat. HN is way more a target than YC's stuff ever will be. Most of the people who will take a run at this site don't even know what YC is.
I won't really deny that. I can't really come up with a catchy title for what actually happened today, but I feel it's pretty important.
Are you looking for only success stories, or also stories from people who are having problems/can't seem to get things off the ground?
Thanks for this, it's always tough to admit when one is wrong.
Try Shift-Ctrl-Alt + Arrow key. I just tried it in Chrome on ArchLinux and Gnome.
Agreed. Google contacts is not a CRM but could be so much more. It could be an amazing CRM if they implemented my wishlist: http://www.sennza.com.au/google-me/

Not likely though....
I'll be SO FUCKING PISSED if Apple goes and drops Spaces now. It's a piece of crap software that is far inferior to what came before, but since it came standard it drove the other multi-desktop extensions out of business. (I was particularly fond of VirtualDesktop.) Now Apple is the only game in town for multiple virtual desktops, and they might take it away?

You know when Microsoft did this sort of thing in the browser wars, a lot of people got up in arms about it.
Agreed. I work tech support here at my university, and the calls received about Blackboard are ridiculous and are always no fun to troubleshoot. I like the company name, 'Instructure', but where does 'Canvas' come into play? Didn't we just see that with 4chan's new shindig?
I'll hold my cheers until the local college adopts it. I really like the screenshot. Canvas looks very well designed, but I somehow doubt that my college will start using it any time soon.
Need a conjunction option: with my 3.0 & go from a state school I'd never be hired there, but conversely, until they start putting all that brainpower to work doing something besides freeloading on their search/advertising guys, I'll pass. Every time I see an announcement from them, it's yet another project masquerading as a product....
Disclaimer: I work at an HFT shop.

A very basic question: if you wanted to buy 100 shares of MSFT right now, who takes the other side of the trade?

High Speed Trading does NOTHING for owners, investors, the company or anyone but the traders themselves.

This is a false statement. Owners, long term investors, etc. value the option of immediacy. That is why options have intrinsic value. If there were no market makers (speculators), it would be almost infeasible to enter or exit a stock position without considerable cost. HFT market makers actually decrease the transaction costs of long term investors by tightening the bid-ask spread (for hundreds of stocks, the spread is as tight as legally possible: 1 penny).

A common misconception is that high frequency trading is like operating a money printing machine. This is also false. High frequency traders take on risk every time they take the other side of your trade. On average, if they're intelligent, they'll be compensated for that risk. In the end though, there is no such thing as a risk free trade. Even pure arbitrages have risk inherent in executing all legs of the trade at once. Pure arbs are very hard to build a business off of in practice.

One other point I'd like to make is: what is the point of this ridiculous speed? If you're confident in your ability to adjust the prices you're willing to buy/sell at very quickly in order to react to new information, then you can make tighter markets. Making tighter markets (if you're intelligent and fast) is desirable for the market maker because it allows him to capture more order flow at what he believes is a fair price. Tighter markets also lower transaction fees for end users of the market. In reality, all this HFT cuts profits away from all market makers (per unit), especially compared to when markets were insanely wide back before electronic trading.

Greed has nothing to do with it, and as I pointed out before, "money for nothing" is the complete opposite of what's going on. High frequency traders take on risk in the expectation of some small payoff. The compensation (on average) is the natural result of risk transfer. I don't think high frequency traders are greedier than people in any other business. Are they profit motivated? Of course. But so is Wal-Mart, GE, and almost every person doing a startup. I think "greedy" is an unfair assessment.
Does Blackboard have some patents in the space that they leverage when suing? On what grounds do they sue?
Ok, that would work too. But I'd guess that there's significant barriers to doing that (ie. it would take a lot of work to make it happen).

Plus it's never optimal, even for a bs written-in-a-weekend app, to send passwords in the clear, given how many people use the same password on multiple sites. And even though HN isn't that important, we'd certainly prefer to avoid the headache that would result from someone getting a mod's account, banning a bunch of high-karma people, deleting a ton of stuff, etc.

So SSL is a good solution because a) It could be deployed today. b) It's preferable anyway. But I agree that if they decoupled HN from all the other YC stuff, I'd be a lot less concerned.
1. Google is in the advertising inventory business. Their biggest competitor isn't Microsoft or Facebook. It's News Corporation.

2. Yes, Google has the same problem as Microsoft: all that lovely money and nothing to spend it on. Like Microsoft they've embraced what I call the "spaghetti cannon" strategy: they stack projects on top of piles of cash, shoot it at the market, and see what sticks.

It worked for Microsoft, in that the XBox business is becoming profitable. But it took them a damn long time, and it overlooks all the failed projects that offset XBox-related income.
Google cache: http://www.andrewljohnson.com/article/Mea%20Culpa:%20GitHub%...

Site is down. (Or not, there was a 500 error when I tried to access it)
Point out to me a single dictatorship "brought down by fax machines". What a load of starry-eyed wish-casting piffle.
I've long used[0] a 3x3 layout and mapped the numeric keypad so that each number takes me to a desktop in that location. It was frustrating when Apple, for no apparent reason, removed the Fn+789uiojkl virtual numeric keypad for its laptops, but I found that KeyRemap4Macbook has a switch to make RightCmd+123qweasd do basically that, so I was able to adapt.

[0] Before I did 3x3 I did 2x5. Why? Because the keyboards on the Sun Ultras that we used in grad school had this 2x5 bank of keys on the side of the keyboard that I wasn't otherwise using....
No, the point of SSL is encryption. SSH seems to handle key exchange just fine.

(Hint: https should have been implemented the same way. CAs are fundamentally broken.)
Trying to love KDE 4.6
+1 for actually stepping forward and apologizing! Always impressive when people do that.
There was a story I read a while back about a support ticket filed with Mozilla for FireFox complaining about all of these "security warnings" that would pop up at every HTTPS site the user visited.

She was apparently someone who should have known better, but instead was willing to believe that FireFox was just warning her spuriously about valid HTTPS certs -- yes, someone had hacked her computer, and was collecting every bank, credit card, and online shopping password as she fell for an MITM attack over and over.
Kingsgate Consolidated Limited
We need more things called canvas. At least this one looks more useful than the last one.
Alien developers/startupers (without H1B) in SF Bay Area. How many?
I'm not here to complain about US Immigration Laws, they are understandable and it's a business of Americans on
what to do with them.

But let's get counted you desperate and lonely developers/designers/startupers, who stay here with F1/J1/who-knows-what-else
visas and trapped to work online to earn the living. Let's unite, hang out, share information and help each other
in order to create something cool.
The effect of Google's anti-spam update on StackOverflow clones
This is a valid concern. But by preaching democracy and human rights on the one hand and supporting dictators like Mubarak on the other, we just end up providing ammunition to radicals of all sorts and driving popular support towards them. Freedom of information is a human right or should be and kudos to Google for supporting it
Yup, just one building over
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Tim
A little about myself:

I'm PHP/RoR/Javascript developer, live in SF for 1.5 year under F-1 visa and earn my living working remotely for non-american company based in Europe (no, seriously). Besides this I'm constantly trying to implement my own ideas, create my own apps, but as you understand doing that in complete solitude is not a simpliest task.
I have a professor who uses Sakai (the university as a whole used Blackboard, but switched to Moodle, another open source option, this year). Sakai may be better than Blackboard, but that's not saying much. The ui is still terrible and it's filled with inconsistent and confusing behaviors. I've no idea what it's like from the instructors perspective, but as a student it's barely usable.

Moodle is about the same as Sakai in this regard, but Blackboard is simply terrible. This is clearly a market that needs to be shaken up, and I hope these guys are the ones to do it.
Ask HN: Compensation at startups?
Hi all,

I see there are quite a few openings at startups available in the States. I would love to work for a startup (eventually I'd like to roll my own too) but I'm in sort of a financial situation.

I'm currently the sole breadwinner for my family (my dad was laid off and I'm helping out around the house). I'm wondering what's the compensation like for startups and if it's technically feasible for me to move out to the States while still being able to provide for my family. It is sometimes frustrating to only consider big corporations that pay you well off to begin with so I'm looking into making everything all work out.
Jolt Project: Open Source Chat
Seems to be back again.
Maybe there's a way to rally the students and get them to petition their universities to switch to something better? They pay the bills, after all.
CEO Mocks Google For Trying To Poach His "Guys," Posts Recruiter's Email
Good for you. I think this points to plenty of opportunity out there for making Git easier to use. I know I would pay for something like that.
Y'know, I've never thought the 1984 ad was a particularly good one. Your competitor is an evil dictator which has enslaved the world? Your product is a short-shorted blonde hammer thrower who is going to set us all free? Really? Really?

It's just a bit too over the top. Most advertisements try to steer clear of criticising their competitors, much less demonising them. Otherwise you'd get "Buy office supplies from OfficeMax! Because Office Depot is like Hitler!"
Facebook Deals (Groupon competitor) not just mobile anymore
It's a static photo...
Actually as far as I know nobody has lost any money out of their bank accounts. I'm under the impression (someone can correct me if I'm wrong) that banks which have failed have had all their assets and liabilities transferred to another bank -- the FDIC limit hasn't come into play because the FDIC hasn't actually paid out any money.
Tagged has 100 million users? Is this legit?
generally big sticks and tanks have been more effective.
This is a wonderful post! Mainly because I saw this happening to me before I took steps to stop it.

It is very possible to become trapped in a skillset, even one that seems highly desirable. I've got friends who are thrilled at getting jobs in certain technical spaces and I hope for their sake that they get to do a bit of everything.

One of the best things I did at my last job was become a Scrum Master, mainly because it stretched some muscles I hadn't used for a while, and discovered I actually really like using.
Where is this conspiracy-theory shite coming from, and why is it getting upvoted all of a sudden?
There is also noprocrast in your profile.
I saw there was an application for "Computer Science intern", is this newly created to solve this problem, or should I still be applying for the other positions I'm interested in?

By the way, the product looks amazing, but it's the team's enthusiasm that encouraged me to apply. A team that passionate has to be building something good. Keep it up guys.
I found these videos by Paul Irish very interesting too:

10 Things I Learned from the jQuery Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_qE1iAmjFg

11 more Things I Learned from the jQuery Source : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARnp9Y8xgR4
Y'know, I think the "bubble" is primarily in the price of one asset, which isn't even publicly traded: Facebook shares. And I could be wrong about that one too if they ever develop a better revenue model.
alt-space also brings up the little menu that he wants with no clicks
Sounds like a good opportunity. Are there developer positions in Toronto? (I had a look at the careers' site and there seems to be many senior positions so I'm not sure if I can fit in)
Very classy apology. While Andrew's quickly jumping to conclusions is certainly not something to emulate (as he obviously implies in his apology), his ability to assume complete responsibility for a mistake that damaged a reputation is something all members of Internet communities should take note of.
insight.ly
CollegeHumor (New York, NY - no remote) is looking for both Front-End and Back-End developers. http://www.chmedia.com/jobs

Work on challenging problems and have a good laugh while doing it. Our sites reach over 12 million users every month and we're growing.

If interested, apply at the above link. Questions? Shoot me an email chris.johnson@connectedventures.com.
It's much the way you say, save for some very peculiar rendering differences between Firefox and Webkit family.

Or it was, until Mobile became such a huge priority. As much as we wish it was otherwise, mobile is a tricky problem that often requires clever (and often painfully unobvious) workarounds for a variety of deployed browsers. The worst offender here is legacy android phones (which is to say, nearly all but the ones released last month), but iPhone deploys have problems too.
After what happened in Egypt, I wouldn't want to entrust the government (even the city government!) with the responsibility of keeping the internet on; that only enables them to more easily turn it off.
Netgear CEO apologizes for part of anti-Apple rant
Bah, perhaps a bit of hyperbole, but you cannot deny the importance of communication. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01/social-media-oppress...
USA Today looks to iPad as 'real positive' for struggling newspaper industry
What if there was a device that could prevent the people in egypt from communicating verbally as well as with body language. I shudder to think what kind of devistation Mubarak could have done if the Internet had more control over people.

What if Mubarrak had the ability to power-down humans on an individual basis? As it stands, this guy is ranking right up there with Dr Evil. I wonder if he would have gone so far as to detain every protester if he could have pressed a button online to do so.
Startup Events that Suck – Panel Discussions
I'll just live this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrSPiZYbovU&feature=relat...
Controversy in Classrooms over Permitting Teens to Genetically Modify Bacteria
Bandwidth Problem - Metered Gouging
Wouldn't it be great if your scm actually kept all your changes no matter what?
Vumber Gives You Throw-Away Phone Numbers For Dating, Work
OK, despite having read the article, the thread, and working for a major US university, I still have no clue what this Blackboard thing does, or what LMS stands for (though I have learned that everybody hates Blackboard). Can someone explain what class of product we're discussing?
I'm sure they have lots of patens but they also have lots of money. It is hard for a small startup to take on that much money in a legal battle.
Wikileaks Rap -- Cablegate: the truth is out there
Awesome, very glad to see Simon's project take off.
I'm not completely familiar with these yet but to have them separate from mega-corporate networks would be great:

+ http://www.villagetelco.org

+ http://openbts.sourceforge.net

OpenBTS Egypt - http://openbts-egypt.org/blog
My first question is "why not coroutines?!"

I love Lua (IMHO, Lua is Javascript, if JS hadn't spent its formative years huffing glue). I get where he's coming from with the "most libraries are blocking" bit, because hey, most libraries ARE blocking -- making a fully event-loop-centric system really is a niche case. If you want to focus on that 100%, cool, use Erlang, damn it. They did it right! Failing that, make a clear point of running "non-async" code externally and message-passing.

But I really don't see the point of deluding JS programmers into writing hand-written-CPS "to be asynchronous". I wish they knew better. See e.g. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2150800
Similarly, GitHub acted in a classy way too. Tom helped Andrew throughout the thread without any snark or dismissals that are, sadly, quite easy to dish out. It certainly contrasts with the recent "go away" Tumblr story.
Im involved in NYC BigApps (ChallengePost powers it). As far as I know, BigApps is not being advertised on subway cars.

You may be thinking of the MTA's ad "Our apps our whiz kid certified" http://ron.gejman.com/blog/2010/12/20/our-app-are-whiz-kid-c...
For those who don't know:

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES

restart finder.

No more annoying animation. This + number key bindings make it so it is as fast as xmonad to switch desktops.
I heard it's bad at strings or something.
How about "rent-seeking"?
I find these overly soppy ads a bit baffling. Ads in Australia and UK are nowhere near as sickly sweet. Perhaps we are a bit more cynical.
Interview with Freshbooks' founders
erm whats wrong with using ctrl-space# to switch between spaces for the same effect he describes but with up to 9 spaces?
My comment above repeated here just for you. Try:

defaults write com.apple.dock workspaces-swoosh-animation-off -bool YES

restart finder. Enable number key navigation.

You're right, it's hard to move windows between. But, you can set defaults so that certain apps open in certain spaces. For me, this has been good enough.