skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Let's assume you're right. You also need to consider the composite symbols. Example: >> already has a meaning in C++ so instead of reusing the exact same combination why not invent a new symbol (made up of two or more symbols) for sending Strings to the output?

E.g. I don't know, something that looks a bit more like the terminal prompt

?>

or

$>

or even go wild and crazy

$$

If you say "lol u nuub, operater overloading!" then I would reply if operator overloading is good, then having more operators defined at the language level and thus available for overloading is better, yes?
Maybe do the links/mouseovers in blue chalk? :)
So this is America?
I've been in this position many times. I remember when I first heard of Amazon in 1994. I remember when Google went public. I knew google was a great company, because I was in the search industry, but I didn't invest. I didn't feel it was in my circle of confidence. I remember when Apple was at $13 and had $6 of cash in the bank, and I still passed.

I don't regret any of that. Ok, well, I do, it stings a little. I'm greedy, I can't deny it.

But when I have invested, after a few years stumbling I ended up making more than a %100 return a year for many years of the last decade. I saw the housing boom before it happened (when Motley fool was recommending real estate) and profited from the boom and the bust (Which really started in 2006, though wasn't in the popular consciousness until 2008.)

And then I got out in 2007, after my best year ever. Why? The market was not acting the way I believed was rational (or the rational irrationality typical of the market that creates inefficiencies allowing me to profit).

It was a tough decision, getting out in 2007. But I felt great when just the next year it became clear my timing was perfect. (This is not a super power on my part, it was just good timing. I could have made more by waiting 6 months, but by comparison, I did fantastic.)

These hard decisions may look foolish in retrospect or like genius. I don't fault fool.com for being cautious about google.

The point of investing is that you have to do it based on rationality and the calculated return given the amount of risk.

A high price and a low confidence factor in the underlying business can mean a bad investment. Consequently a 100 year old company that is "boring" and thus unpopular can produce a massive return, because the price and the risk is low.

Jumping in to ride up over valued companies (like google was at least for many of those years) is what led to the original dotcom. I lost money on a couple of my positions there because I fell into that trap... and learned my lesson.

So. Don't look at this as stupidity. It is wise to pass. You do better by not taking flyers on things that don't seem like mathematical sure things (risk factored in) within your circle of confidence. I'm no investing genius, but I am disciplined... and that's all it takes.

On fool.com:
The motley fool was a great and useful website for investing in the 1990s. When the dotcom boom was happening they advised caution (though they made their rep in the early days by recommending companies like iomega). Then around 2000-2001 they seemed to have a change in management, or at least a change in focus.

They switched from being prudent contrarian investment advice, to more mainstream and more "opinion" oriented.

It is kind of impressive to think that I stopped going there a decade ago. I literally haven't visit that site for 10 years, and I used to spend a lot of time there, to the point where I had quite a following.
You've heard of NUI, but what about FUI?
Younger dev here, I'm with portman even though I've not been in a hiring leadership position. (I've been at best, a point-man for getting the icky stuff done.)

Here's why:

You make it harder for other people to do their best at work and love their company when they have to work with mediocre people.

I say this as someone who has had to work with some heart-achingly frustrating situations.

Good luck with the hiring changes and the company.

Cheers.
That's much like promising you a salary of 200k ... in some undisclosed unit of currency. The rational valuation of it is roughly nil, even if they succeed. So you have to decide if you'd still take the position if that part of the compensation weren't offered at all.
What type of skills does he have? If your brother can do design + marketing/sales + manage everything else, he can get hired. If he can't do that then it is going to be tough. You'll need to find the right start up in a position to take advantage of the skill set combo.

This skill set combo is what I used to get hired, and it's also what Alexis of Reddit fame brought to the table as well.

It seems to be a winning combo!
Is he a programmer or designer? Because I hire those, but I don't use Facebook.
Zynga Raising $500 Million at $10 Billion Valuation
No fair. Gotta move the camera to the left at the end a little bit so it is clear how he built it.

Maybe the structure is actually fairly flat, only a few inches off the floor at the highest point, but laid out, with shadows painted on the floor to make it look like it is vertical.
Whether you like Apple or not they are the only ones shipping a decent tablet right now.

I'm more excited about HP's webOS stuff than iPhone 5 or iPad 2.
Albert Einstein: "Cosmic Religious Feeling"
What else should HE say? ^_^
Can we say that what many modern nations have right now is, in fact, that "something in between"? Is it possible that what we have now is the natural progression towards a general equilibrium between the role of the state, and the role of capital? Clearly people disagree over the finer points of how it should work, but what about the overall picture?
Stumbled across Vokle, and your Hacker Chat. Highly enjoyed it. I hope you continue to do this! Looking forward to more.
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Ask HN: Legal ramifications of using a rss feed in a mobile app?
I'm taking a site's rss feed and displaying it in a unique way in a wp7 app I'm working on. I give credit to the site and mention that my app is a rss reader for said site in my description.

Am I legally allowed to do that?
I suppose he's saying a number of things...

But none of them relate to your example.

Statutes exist to allow people to take emergency action when a crime is in the process of being committed - but they have no relation to civil forfeiture, which isn't about stopping an action but to remove peripheral resources permanently.
And how do you define pure capitalism? What is government allowed to do in your definition?
CBC News - World - Q&A: Cyber-espionage
Ya, if you watch it carefully you can see it burp a few times when the water moves past that post.

EDIT: I made a diff in GIMP of the shadow. It looks like both the top and bottom left facing ledges are connected. Notice the hard edges between the adjacent pillars.

http://imgur.com/zd25x
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How is Apple's app store requirement not straight-forward tying under the plain language of 15USC§14?

The language there is:
"It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce, in the course of such commerce, to lease or make a sale or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale within the United States or any Territory thereof or the District of Columbia or any insular possession or other place under the jurisdiction of the United States, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities of a competitor or competitors of the lessor or seller, where the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce".

All the requirements under the plain language are there:
1) Apple is selling a commodity, access to the Apple App Store, to providers.
2) The commodity is used within the United States.
3) The sale will be on the condition or understanding that the app manufacturer does not purchase payment processing for the iPhone application from any competitors of Apple.
4) The condition may substantially lesson competition in a line of commerce, namely payment processing for iPhone applications, because most iPhone developers will be unable to use one of Apple's competitors.

It seems that Apple's behaviour is exactly what the Clayton Act anticipated and prohibited.
A bubble can describe anything that trades significantly above its net asset value. Investors are overvaluing (in the billions) tech companies with no revenue or business model. The bubble just isn't industry-wide yet.
Tell HN: Everything is going to be alright
I apologize for posting under a pseudonym. I am mildly bipolar, and well after a month of depression, I feel much better now. I know this might sound like I am trolling, but really I guess there are people on HN this moment that are depressed, sad, or undergoing a negative phase in their lives, and I just wanted to let you all know:

Everything is going to be alright. You are stronger that you think you are.
I never had a Blackberry, but really? The things I do with my Nexus One are amazing. The Google Maps/GPS, podcasts with Doggcatcher, and the general Gmail / Contacts / Facebook / Twitter integration is amazing. I imagine Blackberry as being good for texting and email, but not really a drop in the bucket in terms of the larger lifestyle stuff.
Cool, but why isn't it a standalone website instead of an addon?
That may be the legs that are holding the whole thing off of the floor.
The price system is the best thing about capitalism, and it is a great thing, but only when it includes taxes to account for externalities. The concentration of capital is merely a historical accident or a symptom of parasitism, depending on your brand of goggles.

When you see people standing up for capitalism, ask yourself: Are they promoting the correct operation of the price system, or just helping out some friend of theirs?
Fluid dynamics aren't exactly high school chemistry...
This is intended for one-off questions that can be answered in 140 characters; the markets couldn't be more different.
Is there a real reason for a nosql solution? 10m requests a day is not that much really.
You don't need to even do it with javascript you just need to have a form that submits to your server (like say through a cgi script) which then updates the static file on s3.
Go Codewalk: Share Memory By Communicating
Thanks!

The feedback we got early on from potential customers was that they loved the idea of sourcing questions from Twitter. But, they didn't want another place to login to access Twitter data.

So, we figured a browser app was a good first step since its persistent and didn't require constant monitoring. There will be a full web app in the future.
How To: Rename a Project in XCode4
> Its darwinian

I think you're correct, but that there are trade-offs. Take Python, for example. They have "batteries included", and when modules make it into the std lib, they pretty much stop evolving. However, on the up-side, Python gains users who like having everything packaged up nice and neat so they don't need to go looking for modules quite as much.

Perl takes the popularity hit of not having too many batteries included, but benefits from the darwinian element that works to make the 3rd-party modules better. So, perlers need to spend more time asking around (or checking cpanratings), and also dealing with it when there's turnover (the module that they chose a few years ago is eclipsed by a competitor, or stops being maintained, and now they need to rewrite some of their code).

In the end, I think Perl has better modules.
Oh the irony

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This is why it should be off by default and opt-in only.
He also wrote the story that was the inspiration for the guy who traded the paper clip into a house.
http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/
In fact, he already has. His resume is on the front page of Hacker News
Is there a law/regulation? (federal or state?) Or just a norm?
I love how so many people feel the need to point out that they are too cool for Facebook.

I rank that up there with people who love to point out at every possible opportunity that they don't own a TV. Congratulations, here's a cookie.

To Mr. Kleinman: awesome idea :)
You may have already done this, but for completeness: First, view source on the feed and find the terms of use. If there aren't any (which is likely) then you'll have to guess.

IMO, what matters more than the law is not pissing off the site owner, so think about how they would view your app. Is it adding, subtracting, or stealing value? In general, you should be sure to preserve attribution, links, and any ads that are in the feed (if any). If your app is free, that's probably enough. If your app is paid, you should probably contact the site owner and offer them what you consider a reasonable revenue share.
Any examples of successful startups in Australia?
The problem with resume advice is that everyone who does interviews eventually develops their own set of strongly-held, essentially arbitrary beliefs about every aspect of the hiring process. It's all ultimately about finding reasons to toss resumes in the trash, until you get down to the handful of candidates that can be reasonably evaluated by one person.
Unless they rebuild their cheap static hosting company on top of s3 with some value add. Worked for heroku very nicely.
Best sentence: "As rivals such as Yahoo! that have access to all their other internal resources catch up, what will the competitive pressure on Google be then?"
Gawker’s Gulp Moment: Big Redesign Is Driving People Away
Well that's at the root of the question. What is the government's role? What should it be? To keep citizens safe? To allow commerce?
Winklevoss syndrome
What school of economics is this perspective from? I'm not aware of it. Isn't a tax on "Externalities" simply using some politically correct claim as an excuse to take money? EG: if the government puts a tax on production for "pollution", what reason is there to believe the money isn't just being taken to profit the politicians? Its not like they spend the money on abating pollution.

Finally, I think there really is no such thing as an "Externality". If you build a plant next door that is polluting, you're going to owe me money. This is an internality, it is part of your operating cost. I will sue you, and in any fair system, the damage you do to my persons or property is something I can recoup.

If you're afraid that the ability to sue for such damages is impaired, then get rid of the EPA and other government regulations that provide cover for this pollution.

Lawsuits are a form of market pricing of the cost of doing wrong. And generally, most businesses will try not to do wrong because it is a lot easier to just do things right the first time than face the liability of injuring people or property.

of course, removing limitations on liability is important for this. IF that's what you meant by a "Tax on externalities" then great.
Top 10 Truly Bizarre Programming Languages
great game, btw! hats off to you sir for your contributions to it.
Seems like the important question is whether the price per MB is a cost imposed by Amazon or by AT&T (or whoever their 3G provider is). If Amazon is inflating the delivery cost then let Apple screw them over. If Amazon is being screwed over by AT&T then this article is pretty pointless.
True, but for me, the decent tablet Apple ships isn't nearly enough. I need Flash, decent multitasking, USB port, normal file system access and more so a standalone device not tied to my computer in any way shape or form.

To that end Xoom is looking great and may be webOS will beat it in most key departments, but I can buy Xoom like next week.
Hacker Chat: Max Ogden Talks About CouchDB, Open Data and Couchappsora (Part 1)
The idea is to be able to move music and movies on and off the device without having to go through iTunes and the nightmare of "syncing" to only one computer at a time.
Steve Jobs' homes over time
IANAL. Stockholder laws in Delaware are very protective. As a stockholder you probably can force a company to disclose some basic information like this.

Two problems:

1) You only have those rights once you've been granted the equity.

2) You would have to sue or threaten your current employer.
I sometimes "just don't get it" so don't take this as a flame. But who is the target audience here? Regular consumers, or businesses? In the article the example is given of best buy trying to provide support, presumably for random people.

How many of those people are actually going to be responsive? How many of the questions people ask are going to be ones that you can answer? Seems like a lot of effort, for a low return...

I mean here's the funnel as I see it:
A. People who ask questions somewhat relevant to best buy products.
B. People who see the answer.
C. People who then remember best buy in a positive light.
D. People who then decide to visit a best buy
E. People who then actually buy something at best buy on their visit.

It is very hard to track B-E, and E could happen 6 months to a year later.

I'm not sure how you make money by selling people a tool to let them maybe get a fraction of a percentage of people to buy something from you within the next 24 months.

But, usually when I'm this confused, it means I'm missing something extremely obvious.
One of which just happened to be created yesterday and has done nothing since? Happens to me all the time...
This article is rather crappy. Quick summary:

1. Ten years ago, some people committed egregious accounting fraud.

2. Let's imagine what would happen if everyone committed accounting fraud. (Where we re-define accounting fraud in a very liberal manner.)

3. Sprinkle in lots of non-sequitur. Oh look, this is an explanation for the current state of the economy and Everything Else!

4. Therefore, the environment is going down the drain and we're all screwed, unless all principles of accounting are re-based upon environmental economics.

Come on Umair, you can do better than that!
Campaign Monitor seem to be based in Sydney. http://www.campaignmonitor.com/our-story/
The round includes big institutional investors Morgan Stanley, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments

Oh gawd, here comes Wall Street again, they ruin everything. Bubble 2.0!
> I wish I thought of it first.

> created: 2 hours ago
I gotta give Amazon props for extending their products along the lines that their customers clearly want. The only problem is, given the wikileaks affair, I don't trust them.

Maybe this is silly. It is certainly not like they're likely to pull down any of my stuff. And I do have some largish files hosted there for convenience, but I'm wary about becoming dependent on them in any way.

(Wikileaks was hosting their webpage on amazon, not the leaked cables themselves. Amazon pulled their account without having gotten a court order or giving them any warning, and they weren't hosting anything illegal there anyway.)
Because the only reason not to have a Facebook account is because you're too cool for it.
Canadian ISPs try to get their pound of flesh one way or another.
Absolutely. Next steps already defined :-)
Bridges & Chasms (Acting & Hacking)
The legs would have to be mounted in such a way that they were hidden by the structure. So they'd have to be at an angle and those in the reflection appear to be vertical.
Does the framework support the ability to record sounds and send them to other players?
Ray Kurzweil's review:

http://www.kurzweilai.net/reflections-on-stephen-wolfram-s-a...
Did you have problems with SketchUp generating messy topology?

That's been the typical argument I've heard from artists against using it in production.

When I say "in production", I mean to generate data that is read into a game engine (and thus needs to meet stringent constraints), as opposed to data that is used to generate non-simulation images (e.g. concept art).
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It is slightly worse than Delicious. Haven't used the other two. It is disappointing that Google gets the remarkably simple things wrong and then adds convoluted features that don't appear to be useful to most users.

Two annoying things I remember:

The front page is always sorted by title. When is that ever useful? I want to see my recent bookmarks without having to resort.

When you search within Bookmarks it pulls in "social" results from complete strangers you haven't bookmarked or asked for. You have to select "My Bookmarks" after the search to redo it.

Never used the hyped "list" feature, don't really know what it is for.

If you keep private bookmarks it is fine. There is no useful front page of popular public tagged bookmarks like Delicious has.

Bookmarked pages show up in related search results which is useful.
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I'm running Chromium 9.0.597.94 (73967) (the one in the default Maverick repos) on Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 and there's no lag on my system at all.

(Is the difference between Chrome and Chromium likely to be relevant?)
Don't put so much worth in the amount of points a comment has. Would you rather everyone agree and everybody gets points?
Didn't Canoma and other photo-modeling packages do this?

I did some experiments in going directly from concept sketch to textured level geometry using photogrammetry software, some years ago.
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No.

Anyone that's tried to use a state-of-the-art automated theorem prover (like ACL2) knows we have a long, long way to go.

They're still pretty dumb.

That said, I'm convinced that Godels Incompleteness Theorems hold only in the limit -- the majority of propositions of human interest are probably amenable to mechanical proving.
It's certainly an interesting direction. I did an experiment last week asking the same question on Quora and on Twitter and the results were pretty astonishing -- Twitter rocked. Check out http://storify.com/jdp23/what-are-best-privacy-practives-for...; the first answer is Quora, the rest is Twitter.
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don't like self-linking, but I wrote about this on my blog a while ago, with a link to old media articles being pessimistic about the Google IPO, quotes from 'tech experts' and the comparison to Facebook, Zynga and the new crop.

so instead of a comment, a link:

http://nikcub.appspot.com/the-google-ipo-skeptics
I can't wait for the AAA-certified "Startup-Backed Financial Instruments" that they can sell to all the pension funds they didn't totally bankrupt the first time.
I'm sure the tech is great, but damn, how much data am I gonna give G? We need a little more diversity.