skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I understand your reasoning and completely disagree with it. The only way I can answer is to urge you to check your premises. That would mean thinking about the meaning of "equal footing" and answering why, in your view, Apple has the obligation to provide developers with any kind of footing.

You also use terms such as "unavoidable 30% tax" and "forcing application developers". Do you really think Apple has the status of a government (i.e. the ability to charge mandatory tax) and do you really think Apple is actually physically forcing anyone to do anything? And finally, since you believe their platform policy of taking 30% is "crooked", why do you think that charging for the use of your property is immoral? Or do you think that there are some "moral" boundaries that should be acceptable? What prevents the other parties from walking away if they don't like these terms?
There has been thousands of clones of Million Dollar Homepage, the only ones that were also able to make money were the ideas that evolved from this and made a 'new' idea.

You can even get a clone script for free, and there hasn't been any innovation on this idea with StartupsWall. If StartupsWall wants to succeed then it should innovate the idea.
US Department of Justice: Tying and Bundling Involving Intellectual Property

http://www.justice.gov/atr/public/hearings/ip/chapter_5.htm#...
Nice analysis by Mozilla..but I still would go with Chrome 9!
same here... I receive over 30+ channels now, most are HD (LA) area. With this and a computer hooked up to my TV would never consider going back to cable.
Neither Colin nor Schneier was talking about cryptography. Cryptography and security are not the same thing.

Rolf Rolles is a very smart guy, but he's not a security researcher; he works in content protection and reverse engineering. Having said that: sure. That's one. One. :)
Thanks4sharing. In NYC's Google office(s), when you walk-up to the front desk there's a system to enter your name (or anything for that matter) and it prints out a sticker-badge. And I've used a scale programmed to spit out sticker labels with prices depending on the weight of the product code entered. Perhaps an add-on to the event badges would be color coding them based on some other attribute voluntarily entered into the system (not weight :)
1. Structure. The wire he's using isn't strong enough to just stay up standing by itself. It would fold over on itself. Also, it probably does need to be non conductive or you need to use coated wire.

2. It's not shielded because the entire thing is the antenna. I guess he could shield it between the TV and the actual wrapped tube part but this is sow low-tech it wouldn't make a difference. Your standard roof mounted antenna is shielded between the antenna and the tv because you don't want interference between the two points.
XYDO Preparing Social News Hub With Quora Flavor
Continuing the mantra that the third wave of the Web is one of personalized news, streams and social experiences, XYDO is on the verge of launching what they call a personalized news network that claims to show you only the news you find interesting from all the friends and people you follow across the social Web. XYDO feels a lot like an intelligent mix between Digg and Quora, tapping into your social graph to discover the most frequently shared articles, spotting trending topics, and presenting the opportunity to follow subjects, sites and users.

Let me know if you'd like an invite; I've got access to the beta and can send some invites.
I doubt that this was solely intended as a 'screw you' to jailbreakers. More likely, it's because Apple can't guarantee the integrity of DRM on a jailbroken system, and that's one of the terms in their contracts with publishers.
Oh dear... Might have to build this now hmm? I'm not sure it counts if it's got a arduino in it and a cat 5 sticking out the back. The water is also an issue.
This makes me feel even more confident about my recent decision of ditching bloated and too ambitious "next big thing" ideas in favor of small, practical ideas that help people's lives somehow. And the latter ones are much easier to iterate through than the former, especially when you convince yourself that many of your "silly" small ideas may actually be pretty interesting if well executed.

Thanks for sharing your story!
The people that write dictionaries.
iPhone/iPad/iOS compatible?
Interesting. I typed in my local equivalent of a zip code (four digits beginning with a zero) and it accepted it. So either you guys are planning on going global right away, or your validation's not all that flash?
Anything You Search For Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law
FF3 certainly isn't, can Mozilla just shut up and stop?
I don't _need_ 1GBps connection or even 100Mbps connection, but I do want to be able to get at least 3Mbps for a reasonable price. Last time I checked, it was $35/month + $240 installation fee. The way I see it, this area has no real competition. It's mostly AT&T plus some cable company (usually Comcast).
This claim is bullcrap:

* There are places in the US with even higher densities than HK (NYC), they don't get the service

* There are a number of states with densities in the ballpark of european countries, or South Korea, or Japan, they don't get the service either

* Service in the sticks in the US is crap right now, it's not like cities get awful service because everybody gets the same thing, DSL speeds in rural areas are advertised the same speed they were a decade ago in France, and for twice the price. And the US still have a significant population of dialup users (>10%, I believe)
From the landing page, view.io sounds like an useful product. As someone new to NYC, I'm always looking for relevant upcoming events. In a city like NYC, there has to be events of interest, but they are hard to find. This sounds like what view.io addresses.

That said, this trend with spamming friends to receive an invite (thanks to UseHipster, LaunchRock, etc) is frustrating. Yes, it may increase your launch e-mail list, but it's an extra step that deters certain users (I gave up after being told to tell x friends to sign up).
Yup, every fork = +300 LOC! :P
Hah, a 1gb line here in mountain view, a few blocks from google still costs around $3000 a month from at&t.
Pure still has an AfD notice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_(programming_language)
1. Basically, I just wanted something I could wind a length of wire around and stick in my window. The tube did the trick. After the show, I tried a few other things, like wrapping the tube with tinfoil, but the basic wire around the tube design performed best.

2. The shielding is there to keep signal interference out, which is useful if you have a clean source to start with (ie: Cable TV or a properly designed antenna). In my case, I just wanted to pick up as much signal as possible, and this is what I had to work with.
I wanted to cross post this here as I already posted it in the comments.

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I am glad you wrote about this, but I feel you are missing the real 'magic' that can be done with node.js and Backbone, or any client code you choose. Socket.io is great, fantastic even, and I think it is something that really shows the power of node.js; there is something built on top of socket.io that is even more wonderful, and it is called dnode[0]. It is really simple to use, but has a lot of potential for server process to server process and server to client communication. It is in effect RPC, and I really can't do it justice.

For the example you give up here, you could easily overwrite the Backbone.sync function and have it instead send the appropriate objects you need to fetch models on the server, while having the server call back to the client with said models. Not only that but you could easily remotely invoke the model changed functions in Backbone directly from the server. There is so much more you can do, but I lack the knowledge at this point to put it in play just yet.

[0]: https://github.com/substack/dnode & http://substack.net/posts/85e1bd/DNode-Asynchronous-Remote-M...
This would have been more impressive had it been said during the revolution itself, or had the revolution failed (of course no company with shareholders would do that).
> Kindle books work on Apple and Amazon hardware, and have a wider selection.

Kindle's DRM seems to be a sweet spot: effective enough to prevent casual piracy, but generally not annoying, and easy to bypass for anyone who cares about controlling their own media.
Apple launches long-awaited subscriptions for App Store
Actually, I'd argue it's absurdly competitive. How would you maximize the value of your 160 million IOS Device platform?

Don't get me wrong - this pisses me off, as approximately 50-75% of my usage of the iPad is reading content like the WSJ, NYT, and, especially, my Kindle Books.

For the very first time, today, I'm actually considering purchasing an Android Tablet for my 2011 Tablet Upgrade - a thought that would have never, ever, entered my mind prior to this behavior of Apples.

With that said - I understand what they are trying to do - but, I think they are being short sighted. This action is going to diminish the value of the platform, and start driving people like me over to Android, where we're pretty certain we'll find a more friendly home.

Oh well - I've loved my iPad for the last year like no other purchase - I've bought a little over $1500 worth of content (TV Shows, Apps, Books) according to my iTunes Bill, and, I expect I'll be able to read and download books with my existing Kindle App for the forseeable future - but, I'm guessing new versions of the iPad will have an IOS that is incompatible with the existing Kindle App in some way, and I'll eventually have to migrate off platform.

Here's hoping Apple comes to their senses and manages to walk this idiotic decision back.
Fueling The Fire
This Improv Anywhere "mission" seems apropos:

http://improveverywhere.com/2010/06/08/the-tourist-lane/
> Last I checked, NYC has nothing even resembling 1GBps speeds

I think that was his point: NYC has the same population density as HK (higher, actually, by close to 10%) but you'd be hard pressed finding an ISP offering 1Gbps for $30.
I have to say that this article is horribly unclear.

It says that if you link to selling digital add-ons outside of the app, you have to sell them in the app. Then it goes on to say that one could "side-step" the requirement by not having a "buy" link at all in the app, but still selling the add-ons elsewhere. Fair enough... But then it says Apple still requires you to have a buy link in the app if you sell any add-ons/subscriptions externally whether the app has a link to them or not.

So, which is it?
Shielding is useful but not exactly required if the signal is strong enough and the cable is short enough. EX: You can use barbed wire to send 10 baseT. However, 1 gigabit has major issues without shielding.

PS: I once noticed my Sega genesis was producing a vary fuzzy picture, so I went to fiddle with the cable and noticed it was not even plugged in. At the time I really freaked out and to this day I still wish I had a picture.
Interestingly, Steam was partly a reaction to the difficulty of getting PC games into b&m stores.
In this kind of discussions, I am surprised no one mentioned MS' own Tasman engine in IE5 for Mac, which was ahead in standard support back in the day.
Thirding the "too much noise" comment. It seems BC is a system that lends itself too well to almost-IRC-style posting of comments. Couple that with managers that might not be used to being concise and to the point in what they write, and you have hundreds of messages to sift through, which seems counter to what BC is supposed to help you with - making managing projects easier.
I suppose taken to the extreme, someone could just sell a 'myAppStore' app in the Apple AppStore, and then use that to sell Apps without giving apple anything. Obviously that wouldn't do. Similar principle with the iBooks store.
That has more to do with Apple. There is nothing stopping you from putting other .txt and .mobi files (as an example) on your Kindle.
It's not the only thing, but I'd argue it's a common use. I mean part of the selling point for the iPad was using the internet, which is essentially reading most of the time.
Can we please find the Science to power a web server with tea?
ha! If that were the case then AMZN would take their business somewhere else. Make the app only for android and WP7. Would they do it? Of course they won't. It's a massive platform that nobody can ignore and if you want to make some money on it better pay the piper.
I use this exact pattern at Boxcar to keep some lists short and it works great for us.
After years of this type of thing from Apple I just can't feel sorry for anyone with a problem with this.

You know Apple, they are going to do this every time.

If you have a problem with that don't buy their products.
Normal OSes were designed with a mouse and keyboard in mind, which is a big reason why Microsoft's original Tablet PC's were such a huge failure - they tacked on some interface elements that were supposed to make it easy to interact with a pen, but it was never more efficient than using the mouse and keyboard. The reason they caught on this time around was because Apple designed the tablet around the fact that multi-touch would be the only way people would ever interact with it. Given that iPads are flying off the shelves, you have your answer as to why tablets aren't getting normal OSes.
Java's Not Dying, it's Mutating
ain't gonna happen. AAPL is the biggest and best platform out there when it comes to mobile devices. I don't see anything wrong in they trying to make money out of it.
While I've never actually resorted to shoves, I have occasionally just stopped and waited while 3 people take up the entire footpath, until one of them suddenly realises they're about to make contact when they're a foot away and has to jump. (I don't think I'm being _that_ unreasonable either, given that I'd have to step into the road to avoid them).

On a more general note, my personal theory is that eye contact has a lot to do with it, subconsciously or otherwise. I tend to walk while scanning around a lot, and people will never acknowledge my existence (perhaps they perceive that I've seen them and will be the one to take evasive action). If I steadfastly refuse to acknowledge them though, such as look in the direction of my companion the entire time, they'll usually adjust their direction.

Sometimes I'll alternate strategies, just to see how consistent it is. This probably makes me a "rager" as defined in the article, or maybe just an arsehole.
You can also just make your own CSmartObject base class (which does reference counting), and just have all of your objects inherit from that.

Reference counting may not be built into C++ itself, but it's not super difficult to add in either.
Traveling slowly^ in the left lane both causes congestion and creates a situation where passing on the right is likely to occur. Both of these dramatically increase the likelyhood of an accident. The slow left-lane driver is at fault for not following the otherwise accepted conventions of the road.

Laws and legal speed limits have nothing to do with it. (however: in many areas the person traveling at slow 'regular' speed in the left lane would be breaking the law. In many areas the left lane is explicitly for people traveling faster than the speed limit (read: passing)).

^where slowly is defined as relative to the rest of traffic.
I don't think this is the author's focus. He is trying to convey that there is a better way rather than being easily exasperated because the negativity wastes the limited life we each have.

The sense of exasperation arises out of a state of mind that is easily disturbed and ruffled. Whatever skills one can gain from being 'at one' with the crowd will translate into the rest of their lives, and improve the relationship with their loved ones.
Talk about sour grapes. Seriously. Where is the content in this article?
Wait, those were simple black-and-white "HELLO MY NAME IS" badges printed on a mailing label?

Event organizers paid how much for this?

At first I though maybe this was the 1990's but then I read netbooks.

Very confused. How dumb/lazy/cheap are conference organizers?
Based on other content on this site, it sounds as though Apple was already dead to this author.
think what? of course company's registration certificate and brand name cannot be immoral (unless registration states "we kill people" and brand name is something like Murder-by-Order"). things are not what makes companies, are they?
I think adding a 'Prioritize' feature would be very useful and beneficial. That way you can 'rank' your tasks and sort through them on a number based system.
Have you considered that the anger is not "their actions are causing measurable negative consequence to me" but "their actions are outside my control"?

They did something that was not a part of our perfect little plan, and it simply irks us. We are so wrapped up in our own vision of how the world is, how the world will be for us, that we get angry when something happens counter to our vision. Yes, it is narcissism.

And that is okay. It is okay to recognize a problem and adapt to it or to regain control. When it is not okay is when our angry reaction is also negative.

To take your hypothetical situation: "If the inefficiency caused by a door stopper causes me to miss a train connection, is it really all about my ego, or is it about that person screwing up my entire travel?" I am sure all of us know somebody who is habitually late, and they have all kinds of excuses for it. So do people who are only sometimes late. This is just bad time management. The expectation that the world should operate perfectly in accordance with your plan is where I can claim it is about your ego. You are going to blame that one person for screwing up your travel? I like the pseudointellectual rationalization here, the excuse that it was the "inefficiency" of that other person that caused your problem. Maybe you should have gotten out of bed earlier. Maybe your affairs should have been in order before Go time. We like to place the blame on others rather than accept personal responsibility. That is just how important and infallible we are. Narcissism. Granted, that person's stopping behavior did have an impact, as did the speed of your walking, the amount of luggage you were carrying vs how much you worked out weeks before in order to more easily carry it, the stop lights on the way to the station, the time it took to get your ticket checked, and the line of other people boarding.

Again, please do not feel insulted if you fall in the narcissism category; we all do to varying degrees. Very common. My intent was to point it out as a huge contributing factor in order to balance things out a bit. The OP was trying to put the "ragers" in the clear, but as the saying goes, "It takes two to start a fight."
Why doesn't the outside part of the coax port have to also touch the wire?
Agreed. Printing name badges for a meetup (like the co-founders meetup for instance - 150 people) is actually 50% of the whole effort of putting such an event together. What a pain! I can see why event organizers would call you so you solved their headache!
We need some more secret sauce. Put this mayonnaise in the sun!
Founder, developer, and everything else- Ben Edwards talks about Swappa
Indeed; my Kindle has no books from Amazon on it; it's all .mobi and .txt files I've loaded in myself. That's what makes it such a great device: I get to choose what I load onto it.
Mr. W
No, no its not. I am not saying people shouldn't have 1g connections. My point is the majority of these users will have no idea how to handle it..like giving the keys to your Ferrari to a 16 year old. If everybody had this type of access and they continue poor security practices there will be an impact.
Thank you for writing this article. As a way to show my appreciation I want to focus on the bad side of the matter.

The article mentions that with AOF persistence there is a problem about fsync. I'll try to go in further details here.

Basically when using Redis AOF you can select among three levels of fsync: fsync always that will call fsync after every command, before returning the OK message to the client. Bank-alike security that data was written on disk, but very very slow. Not what most users want.

Then there is 'fsync everysec' that just calls fsync every second. This is what most users want. And finally 'fsync never' that will let the OS decide when to flush things on disk. With Linux default config writing buffers on disk can be delayed up to 30 seconds.

So with fsync none, there are no problems, everything will be super fast, but durability is not great.

With fsync everysec, there is the problem that form time to time we need to fsync. Guess what? Even if we fsync in a different thread, write(2) will block anyway.

Usually this does not happen, as the disk is spare. But once you start compacting the log with the BGREWRITEAOF command, the disk I/O increases as there is a Redis child trying to perform the compaction, so the fsync() will start to be slow.

How to fix that? For now we introduced in Redis 2.2 an option that will not fsync the AOF file while writing IF there is a compaction in progress.

In the future we'll try to find even Linux-specific ways to fsync without blocking. We just want to say the kernel: please flush the current buffers, but even if you are doing so, new writes should go inside the write buffer, so don't try to delay new writes if the fsync in progress is not yet completed. This way we can just fsycn every second in another thread.

Another option is to write+fsync the AOF log in a different process, talking with the main process via a pipe. Guess what? The current setup at Bump is somewhat doing this already with the master->slave setup. But there should be no need to do this.

So surely things will improve.

About diskstore, this is I think better suited for a different use case, that is: big data, much bigger than RAM, but mostly reads, and need to restart the server without loading everything in memory. So I think Bump is already using Redis in the best way, just we need to improve the fsync() process.
MeeGo Netbooks and Tablets: Hands On
Thank you for reporting a "live" usage of this pattern!
I have this theory that in London at rush hour, the space available on a busy train will exactly hold the total number of London commuters that are waiting at the platform. Apart from myself, I've never seen a London commuter not get on a train, however packed it is.

I'm a pavement rager. I'm baffled by slow people with no consideration dawdling through a train station at rush hour. I tried once to patiently amble along behind them, and found out it impossible.

I've learnt with OAPs that if they look like they are slowing down (!), and you have the choice to go around either side, always chose the smallest gap. Almost always they turn like an oil-tanker into the larger gap. That way you can pass by unnoticed.

Couple of things wind me up. A guy reading a Kindle bumbling up a flight of stairs utterly unaware of the holdup he was causing.

Not sure about handbags, they seem to be blunt instruments to be swung at fellow commuters. And always seem to increase in size and violence when their handler is looking away from you.

Also, the number one tip for being bumped into by other people: wear a laptop backpack. I have a feeling there's some sort of super-magnetic quality backpacks have when on my back...

I would find it useful to demarcate walking and standing areas in train station concourses. Although they have a no-standing area in Shepherd's Bush and that doesn't seem to be working. Not sure whether passengers are generally oblivious of their surroundings or have just have their London commuter face on.
Watson sizes up one of his opponents before the show
It really sucks that I can't put .mobi and .txt files on my iPad. Damn you, Apple!