skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This does not make sense in any legal sense, I mean not make sense like someone saying "I was programming html yesterday by uploadeding some ram chips into my programming software".

Works are by default copyrighted, it doesn't matter if the user has to download the copyright statement or read it or whatever - copyright is a ius sui generis, it has nothing to do with contract law. Furthermore downloading is distributing, see paragraph 5 of the Auteurswet; and no in this context it does not fall under the exceptions of art 13a.

Then, there is no "good faith" exception. This is completely irrelevant. The "thuiskopie" (home copy for non-Dutch speakers following along) is allowed explicitly through articles 16b and c of the Auteurswet ("Authors Law", Dutch copyright law). However there is an exception for software in art 45n that explicitly says that artt 16b and c are not applicable to works as defined in 10, 1st paragraph under 12. And when we look at that article, it defines software as "computerprogramma’s en het voorbereidend materiaal", meaning "computer programs and their preparation material". One could argue that "computer programs" already comprises source code but we don't have to - they are explictly defined as being treated the same as "software", however one may want to define that in itself (it is probably in the parliamentary history but I don't at the moment have access to Kluwer Online (the Dutch equivalent of Lexis Nexis) to check.

The rest makes equally little sense - no, it doesn't "become grey" if you decide not to delete it, all of that is completely irrelevant. It is the downloading that matters! This is the only thing the Auteurswet sees to, it says nothing of what you do with it afterward! (also, I'm using many exclamation marks in this post! Sorry about that!)

As for the last sentence, again reading the licence is irrelevant. What is relevant is the intent of the author. How that intent is communicated doesn't matter; in most cases it will be done through putting the link to the software somewhere and putting 'hey download my software here' or so next to it.
The article is a waste of time. Just explains that he charges high fees and makes more when his clients do.

Perhaps someone can comment on the positions that paid off.
If you squint really hard, universal health care could be seen as pro-entrepreneurship, since it does away with this large barrier to working for a fledgeling company.
Burning ambitions: What is good news for miners is bad news for the environment
Anyone who cares about open source doesn't buys oracle. So now it doesn't matter. 5 years from now, when "open source believer" rise to a management position, and all the infrastructure and people is oracle, the is really very little decision power.
Usmanov is Milner's boss, it's his money.
Writing Marketing Thesis that is a Sellout
Students who are pursuing a career in marketing will have to write the marketing thesis. This type of thesis will not only be informative to the professor reading it, but to the entire marketing community as well. Therefore, students are recommended to write their theses well.
For a while I've wondered how effective a swarm of drones would be against something like an F-16. With the idea that a bunch of cheap drones en masse would be more effective as a group. But I looked up the costs and realized the larger drones cost almost the same as an F-16.

Humans are surprisingly cheap and effective machines themselves.
The Piano Playing Cat Paradigm
And if you don't get a negotiator, let the lawyer play bad cop so that you don't have to.
> ~/.Sublime Text 2/

It's a shame they've not heard about $XDG_CONFIG_HOME (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-l...)
In Politics We Believe – 45 Funny Photos
I don`t know what is the situation in other countries but in Romania, people have an aversion against politicians. They are either incompetent, crooks or clowns in high positions. Very few politicians are doing their duty towards the country. Below you can see 45 pictures funny or sad, by and about politicians.
A mate of mine just said it would be possible for firefox on android via a plugin, but he didn't think so for the standard webkit browser.
Did anyone else find themselves clicking on that link very cautiously? Wikipedia should really institute some sort of official warning system for articles with shocking medical images.

(this article does not have images)
The article is my interpretation of how to apply the Lean UX school of thought to improve UX. The reason to care about Lean UX is that their ideas may inspire you to improve your UX in new and interesting ways.
I know of nobody who has not be sworn under any version except for the modern version, which makes no references to Greek mythology.
36 hours in North Korea without a guide
SQL Performance Explained: free SQL tuning e-book for developers
http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?perl5i for those who've never heard about perl5i and are curious what it is (like I was), but prefer text to video (like I do).
Facebook Valuation Tops Amazon.com, Trailing Only Google on Web
Can a Startup Launcher Launch Itself?
5 Steps to Easy & Effective Keyword Research | Joanna Ciolek
Ask HN: do you use the phrase 'killing it'? If so, WTF does it mean?
Tips for fresh software tester
Idea: OmniFocus Aid: A Capture Utility for the Mac
Yes but for it to be a "sit in", the space had to be occupied by your physical body.

You could simply occupy space through other means such as placing a large heavy object in the store or place of business, but that would be considered 'dumping' and not a sit-in.
This is not Jason Calacanis's take on the Google Algorithm Change. This is just Jason Calacanis spamming for his website. He's saying, 'It's funny you mention content spammers—let me tell you some more about the NEW Mahalo!'
What about in the US? Can one be tracked/prosecuted simply for downloading?
Feel free to email me - elad_s at eladgil dot com.

I am happy to provide some direct advice or put you in touch with someone who helps with these sorts of things for a living.
"hey download my software here":

http://www.opensc.ws/attachments/c-c/5053d1296301011-kaspers...
LET'S HELP EGYPT
With all of our intelligent minds we need to work to find a way to get the Internet working back for Egypt!
Fate of the Kilo Weighs Heavily on the Minds of Metrologists
I'm usually bearish about the realities of living in the UK but I've suddenly gained 1000 gratefulness points after reading this. Barring crazy gas prices and 20% VAT I don't pay much (if any) more in direct taxes here than I would in the US and I don't have to worry about paying a bean for my family's healthcare (except dental - out of choice).
I like the "rich" driving lane idea - put up X licenses for auction in each city, let people bid up the price, let the market decide how much time is worth.
yes I use it when I talk about my competitors aka Flickr,43things,and Instagram for the exception of 43things the rest of them are killing it!
No, just the cold and laziness. Being alone is the massive plus for me. Can't get any work done with interruptions.
I think it will only separate the men from the mice.
It looks like the 20110129 update adds Cmd-number functionality for switching between tabs on OS X.
I ate ramen a lot for one semester for so in undergraduate. My mind and body felt horrible in short order; I never got any sort of nutrition, and I basically haven't had any since. That was like 6 years ago.

If you need to buy cheap food for a while, ramen is not the answer. Finding ingredients at the grocery store and cooking them up yourself is the answer. I suspect that if you really want ramen, you can make it cheaper yourself. And more healthily ().

() Except for the salt levels.
Yeah, thats the thing - I didn't get why his solution was "bad" in that case.
I signed up for something similar (I haven't actually used it yet however) from http://ehealthinsurance.com

The site domain sounds like a spam dump, but their signup system is nice. You pick your policy plan online and then a representative calls you to confirm and interview you before signing you up and sending you the policy packet.

I was paying $198/month for my COBRA plan, but am now paying for $115/month for a high-deductible plan.
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Pretty please with goat butter on top!
It's all been stated before. With Netflix I can watch anything I want whenever I want on whatever device I want with no ads. That's worth paying for. You can't get that with Hulu's limited selection and web-only viewing experience. I don't mind missing out on current episodes because I have hundreds of thousands of other stuff to watch. In the current episode space, Hulu also competes with the networks themselves. ABC, CBS, Comedy Central, etc all have their own streaming video websites.
The people commissioning these studies need to somehow be liable for the accuracy of the results.

If you were doing a private study where the results would only be for your own private usage, you would go the extra mile and pay the extra money for good, accurate science.

But the financiers here don't really care about whether the result is accurate. They usually are optimizing something else entirely and accuracy is just some minimum threshold to avoid being accused of fraud.
They still have a radar signature. You stop them (in principle) the same way you stop all enemy aircraft.
Decoupling criminal, crime and consequence is truly a scary proposition. It's pretty obvious that lowering the risk and emotional consequences of committing a crime makes it a lot easier to commit to committing. Just look at Anonymous.
My bad idea: Taxes and number of votes both increase on how "gifted" you are - smarter people would therefore have more say in the government, and have more incentive to make it more efficient and do it's job better.

I have no clue how to measure or implement this.
How Apple's Siri Works: Interview with Tom Gruber, CTO of SIRI
Why have the rich suddenly became a bunch of babies? What's with all the whining? Having money isn't enough, now they want to be worshipped like feudal lords.
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And he'd have made a lot more if he just let YC handle those 15 billion dollars :-P
These were kind of proposed in DC (I think they may actually exist in San Diego or somewhere), where you pay a variable rate to use the carpool lanes based on demand. So during rush hour it would cost $6 and 11am on a saturday it would cost $.50.

People didn't like the idea because they would be "Lexus lanes" giving special privileges to the rich. Scott Adams is right that if we really want to solve the budge problems we may need to accept that the people who can help the most may need some sort of special privileges.
What is Lean UX?

I think startups might care a lot more about it if you spent a bit more time describing what it actually is.
My question: Why didn't you work with your management to take a sabbatical leave?

One of the benefits of the major corporations is that they have policies in place for leaves of absence. Then you would've gotten the best of both worlds: 1) a fall-back plan if you fail to monetize in your venture 2) a rigid time-period where you need to finish your venture (and not just be open ended on figuring out your life)

I did something very similar, after a longer period of time (9+ years) in the corporate world. I needed that time to germinate my technical ability and understand my relevant skillset. For me, it was reading "Hackers and Painters" rather than the Princeton article you linked that got me to pursue my independent career.
Is it legal to steal from thief? They've stolen GPL code
Experiences with functional programming on Wall Street (Jane Street, 2008)
I have to say, when I first saw the embedded video I was sure I was looking at some augmented reality game for the iPhone. The video from the drone's perspective is close to mind-blowing. There is so many possibilities for drones like these...let's just hope we choose the applications wisely.
Possibly so he doesn't have to waste time defending it; the argument will center on whether this kind of thing is a good idea, not whether this specific idea is good.
Does the US really have that many ISPs? In most cities I've lived in you have two choices, Verizon or Comcast. Other smaller niche ISPs usually lease lines owned by one of those two anyway. When you consider who owns the backbones etc, I don't think it would be that hard to shut most people off of the Internet in the USA with a few calls either.
Why not charge a toll depending on traffic ? As the traffic increases, the toll increases (and vice versa), which will keep the lane fast moving. Not my idea, someone has already implemented this.
Gary Kasparov has been uncovering similarities between Russian state and the structure of Cosa Nostra for quite some time. He continues this theme in the today's post on Davos and the BP deal.

http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=4D43D80C5EB5D

In Russian, use google translate to read in English...
Show HN: Voxxcast - my first web app
Long time lurker, first time poster here. I have been teaching myself web and app development and I just built my first web app in my spare time.

It's called Voxxcast, and it allows you to leave voice messages on Facebook via your phone.

I'm definitely interested in any feedback you can give me. I plan on creating a lot more apps and developing this one even further.

http://www.voxxcast.com
"we may need to accept that the people who can help the most may need some sort of special privileges."

Because no-bid contracts, not going to jail when they commit crimes, real education for their kids, not living in crime zones, food that isn't poison, actual health care, living an extra three years, etc. aren't enough already.
Where did they start whining? And when did they expect to be worshipped?
Hunting Hydrogen Balloons with Fireworks
Ephemeralization: Technology does more and more with less and less.
There is a potential another problem, except for how to implement it.

After seeing some strange examples the last few years, I wonder if intelligence is at all correlated to rationality.

(Being rich is, I'd assume, more correlated with rationality than being intelligent. At least the rich, unless they inherited the money, did something right.)
At any given time the people in power will arrange things so that "gifted" and "smart" means "me, and my friends and family" ;)
I support this cause, I just don't know how to start.
There's a potentially dangerous line that the US is approaching where, factoring in all the exemptions, credits, and deductions, a majority of the population will not be paying income taxes at all. Thus, a majority of the population will be deciding (via their votes) how much and on what the taxes of the minority will be spent.

The only saving grace, if you can call it that, is that the people who actually place the votes (senators and reps) are themselves almost exclusively from that well-off minority.
Satire in America: How Far is Too Far?
Hey founder001,

I was in a very similar situation to you recently. Is there any way we can have a chat ?
Great point. I've changed the headline to '3 ways to a better user experience with Lean UX' which better describes the article. I wish there was some way to change the HN submission title.
I don't think the rich really get anything out of it, but in the Nordic countries, fines increase in proportion to your wealth. I remember reading about a Nokia exec getting pulled over for speeding. His ticket was like $75,000! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1670583

I've often thought some fees should be adjusted for wealth. For example, a quarter a day isn't really enough to get me to take my library books back on time. Maybe for me it should be $2 a day.
Purely academic intentions I presume.
Not to criticize but I think you missed his point. The way I read it the point of the article is this...

We can't force the rich to pay more because they always find a way out of it. We know this because there were days when upper tax rates were 90% but tax revenue was roughly the same because the rich can lobby for loop holes and pay people to exploit those loop holes. The rich will find a way to keep from paying too much in taxes even if they have to buy some backwards little country and form their own nation.

So the only way to get rich people's money is to find something we can give them which makes them feel like they're spending their money for something rather than giving it away.

So the stupid ideas are in the context of "how can we make the rich give us their money?"
I think the "power" category is best, but obviously a sensitive topic. What we need is a layered democracy, where the smart people who understand a field and have power to influence laws there (with the advice of experts in whatever fields those laws have side-effects on), but not in a selfish way.

The way congress works now, it's the people with money who influence law, and some of them are doing it either out of self-interest, or in the short-term financial interests of their institutional shareholders (401(k) managers, for example), who don't understand anything about the domain.
And I would encourage everyone on an employer plan to find out how much your employer is paying and then plan your savings accordingly.

Edit: For example, under my last employer plan I was paying 168.00 for my wife and I. If I elected COBRA that would have jumped to 660.88.
Because Chrome still doesn't sync your "search engine" settings. So maintaining a massive customized search engine across the multiple computers I use would be a pain. If this was a native feature it would work so long as I logged in to Google. Of course, if they fix chrome I'll be happy too.
One thing that at least some rich people will pay for is status symbols (expensive watches, sports cars that will never exceed 100mph, mansions with rooms that are used only a couple of times a year, $500 t-shirts). Status signaling is ultimately a zero-sum positional arms race that can lead to some pretty ridiculous conclusions(1) and doesn't really leave anyone better off (other than, perhaps, luxury goods suppliers).

The bad version of this idea would be a special ID card and/or bumper sticker or t-shirt or watch that was given to top-bracket taxpayers. It would have to be reasonably hard to forge (or at least as hard to forge as, say, a Rolex) and able to be either displayed publicly or flashed discreetly in situations where one wants to assert status.

Another variation could be some kind of property tax where certain sub-neighborhoods would have exceptionally rates, say 100x what the ordinary tax on the land and improvements would be. Then people could signal status by living or staying in those areas. (This is actually not too different than somewhere like Manhattan or San Francisco currently, except the windfall is going to existing property owners rather than the government).

The nice thing about status symbols is that, like fiat currency, they can be rather cheaper to produce than what their value to the status-seeking public is. That is the government could potentially retain a very high seignorage, as it were, on this stuff.

Ultimately it would have to be determined whether the status symbols could be legally transferrable, and what, if any, penalty there would be for forging them.

As an aside, it strikes me that this sort of thing would be extremely similar to fiat currency, maybe identical.

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To some extent... no, they aren't. They're the status quo. If you change nothing, the rich will still get them. That was the big point really. If you want to share some of their money, propose something else in exchange.

It will only change during an actual complete crash of the value of money. And even then it's not guaranteed, because they will still have access to an extensive network of influential people, while "we" won't.
Allow clickable links in Ask HN posts.

Some of the top comments on these posts are simply giving the clickable link, which contributes nothing to the conversation. Why not allow links to be clickable in the text field and consequently get rid of all this "spam"?
Well, it’s the premise of the article, isn’t it? The whole idea is that you need to somehow appease the rich in order to do what’s necessary.

That premise might be wrong but it is the premise of the article.
Or the world. Sometimes people forget that a large part of websites that people (in the Western side of the world) use everyday are hosted in the US.
Lots of gems in here. My favorite line: "They also know that any project can get by with 10% less money if there is no alternative."

The world would be a much better place if there was less quibbling overall.
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American Express has built an empire on your "bad idea"
Tax the rich too much and then they stop creating jobs for all you whiners who can't hold on to your money. The whole notion of taxing the rich more than the poor seems unfair, what makes you worthy of benefits and him worthy of a penalty? Just because he was more responsible and hard working than you were? Americans are not broke, it's the government that is broke and instead of take the negative consequences, they would rather have someone else do it.
This is called a meritocracy. One way to implement is to have a test at voting facilities that you must pass in order to vote. I'm fairly certain this violates a majority of the Constitution.
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Very short haircuts for fashion minded ladies. It takes some courage to cut your hair this short. The trendy short hair cut that you get however is more ...
Do you similarly decry the people who spend extra money at amusement parks to skip lines? Seems like exactly the same thing as this. You pay more: you get more.
I've heard some good things about Windows Phone 7, but as far as I can tell it actually is irrelevant at this point. Android might be irrelevant as well.

What are Office 365 and Windows Live Essentials 2011? I have honestly not heard of them, and I can't be bothered to look them up because office apps are commodities, and I have trouble thinking anything with a name like Windows Live Essentials is actually essential.

For me, the thing is that when I'm on a Mac, I miss having a real unix system, and when I'm on Linux or BSD I sometimes miss the easy things on Mac. But I never find myself missing anything about Windows. The only time Windows would make my life easier is when I find myself looking at some proprietary file. And that doesn't make me long for Windows, but resent it.

Kinect is wicked cool, and is relevant. MS needs to do more things like this! Specifically, real innovation that's actually a game changer.
I think many European countries adjust the fines to ones wealth:

For example Switzerland: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10960230
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Unless you live in Europe or somewhere
with universal healthcare.

I.e. everywhere except the United States and 3rd world countries?
No, the premise of the article is "these are some 'bad' ideas, kick them around in your head and maybe we'll think up something 'good'". It helps to read.
That’s not a premise what you are quoting there. (Please don’t make pointless accusations.)

Scott Adams posits that it is necessary to somehow appease the rich. He doesn’t call them whiners but depending on your perspective that might be a fair extrapolation.
Can someone explain what is a "convertible debt. With no cap and no discount" ?
No more debates about whether YC is a "good deal" because of the low implied valuation of their initial investment.

This changes the character of the YC experience. YC companies can now spend their time on product, not fundraising. On the other hand, less financial pressure may mean the founders don't learn to hustle and act less lean.
Scott Adams is just talking about moving towards a visible aristocracy. These are the first baby steps.

Soon the rich will have special privileges just like the old days.