skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If I'm working on client work, then I always do wireframes first (giving a choice of three different layout/UX concepts). But for WIL, because I was working for myself and under a self imposed time constraint, I went straight from sketches --> PSDs --> CSS.

I'm going to be revamping the profile pages in the near future, and that process will almost certainly include wireframing, since I have more time to do it "right".
M$ stole this guy's code
They're good salaries, but they're middle-of-the-road for a professional, white-collar job. As far as mid-career salaries by profession go, software engineering at ~$100k isn't even midway between history major (~$75k) and petroleum engineer (~$160k).

Plus, everyone on all sides could be accused of whining, because the entire technology industry is well off compared to most people. When a VC complains about terms on a deal, you could ask, why are they whining when they're already well off?
The 13th amendment is restricting your freedom. It's called a tradeoff. That's my point.
Great stuff. “An away game for humanity.” Worth the read!
Wonder what working on a company where you are constantly confronted by death does to morale.
And yet programmers are still paid less than lawyers, doctors, or investment bankers, while providing much more value than any of them. (Yes, even more value than doctors. An extraordinary doctor can only touch so many lives in his career; an extraordinary engineer can touch millions on a regular basis.)
Very cool, added you to http://domaingroovy.com
Nice work! I love this quote, "It was a tiny idea. I wanted to take the scheduling feature of many Twitter clients and apps and make that single feature awesome. I believed that single feature was worthy of it’s own application."
Tiny Ecuadorean Villagers May Hold Secret to Longevity
This seems like a valid question to me. Who cares if its vague? The more to explain to the person asking the question...
I think that's a great idea, allow for different pools of time after the buzzer, 0-50ms, 50-100ms, etc and if you end up in the same pool as another player there is a random draw for who gets to answer first.
What are some common questions are people asking with this?
Congrats Nic.

Been using it for a few weeks now. Its the only way I get to inbox zero. Though not sure it definitely increases me actually getting to all those tasks :)
Flip side of IPR protection
Does Watson Prove We’ve Reached The Singularity?
Does this guy have any evidence or just his unsupported assertions?
I'd venture to say that depends strongly on the problem the brain is trying to solve and the problem the processors are trying to solve.
spy.io -- Thanks!
How to map a domain to an S3 bucket
The article begins with the premise, "It appears to me that the new "give Apple 30% of revenue" policy will apply to software subscriptions just as well as it appears to content." Assuming that sentence was always part of the article, it seems like you're just reacting to the headline.

SaaS was an angle I hadn't thought of in regard to Apple's new policies, and their decisions there have important implications. I'm glad I saw this article.
even with some prior exposure, that's a steep learning curve. putting the whole thing together by yourself in just 6 weeks is still pretty impressive. major kudos.

also, the site looks great. good luck with it!
Visualize Your Data with Google Public Data Explorer
Congrats guys. I've been using Taskforce for about a month now and really liking it. The fact that it's right in gmail makes it really handy.
Directive 4: classified
The Duel: Google vs. Bing
Oracle releases database firewall
If it does embed the correct fonts that raises a legal issue, from a font licensing viewpoint.
I wasn't arguing that Apple won't do it, just that they would be even more crazy to try this for SaaS than for content subscriptions. It's one thing to charge 30% for when someone is selling an entire product through your platform.

It would be unprecedented if they tried to charge 30% merely for access from your iOS device to a SaaS app. I think there is a pretty big difference.

Lastly, carving 30% out from your list price is pretty common if you're the wholesaler, manufacturer or orignal producer. For most of those scenarios they'll often be able to afford much more than 30%. It's the middlemen and distributors that get really hosed...and unfortunately services that do provide value but licence their content from others are collateral damage.
Is software innovation still primarily North American and European?
McDougall doesn't present nearly as well as he writes. Read the book. Even if you're not a runner, it's enthralling.
You're being deliberately trollish bringing in religion, it's a dumb insult and I could turn around and call your arguments religious and it wouldn't have any meaning either.

Why is GPL so hard to understand? Plain and simple, GPL is an attack on closed source systems. And if you knew anything about computing history in the last 20 years you should be extremely grateful to RMS and what the license has accomplished.
I signed up, and Greplin finally finished indexing my data (it took a few days). However, a big minus for me is that Greplin doesn't search Gmail chat logs, and it doesn't disclose that until I searched through the FAQs. I hope they're able to add that soon.
A good read at: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/04_43/b3905109_...

Gary Kildall suffered problems with alcoholism in his later years. This eventually led to his early death in 96. This was tragic. Extremely tragic. There is possibly no room for good guys in the class of future hackers-turned-billionaires.
I don't understand why some people on HN are so needlessly condescending: Can you back this up, or are you waxing sentimental?

Why would I even want to discuss something with someone with such an unnecessary rude and snarky attitude?

Yes, I can back this up... go into your local pizza shop/taco stand/burger joint/Italian restaurant/seafood shack and get a pizza/burrito/burger/pasta/fish and compare the ingredients to Pizza Hut. One is made out of a bunch of "edible food-like substances" (to quote Michael Pollan) the other is made with actual food.

Quote:

Wal-Mart sells cheaply and uses fewer workers partly because it is a technological and organizational innovator, but its success depends even more on its relentless pressure on workers and suppliers, and its extraordinary market power is by far the dominant retailer of many goods. The corporation is likely to control 35 percent of all U.S. food and drug sales by 2007.

Wal-Mart also shifts many of its costs to taxpayers (or other businesses that indirectly pay costs of Wal-Mart’s underinsured employees). A recent study by Good Jobs First, an organization that monitors economic development policies, found that state and local governments had given at least $1 billion in subsidies to stores and distribution centers. Wal-Mart also pays so little that many of its workers rely on state healthcare subsidies, food stamps, housing vouchers and other public aid. According to a recent study by the University of California at Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, California alone spends $10 billion annually to subsidize Wal-Mart and similar low-wage employers. Congressional Democratic staff calculates that federal taxpayers pay $2,103 per year in subsidies for the average Wal-Mart worker.

Source: http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/the_wal_mart_effect/
The original HN post was http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2202781 and it had 19 points.
> I have to disagree that this one is really a best practice at all. I have dozens of different accounts on different computer systems, if I didn't do at least some password reuse I would have a hard time writing them all down, and remembering them would be totally impossible.

Yes, it's a pain in the ass (at present), but yes, you should be using different passwords for everything, and pubkey authentication where possible.

The problem of maintaining an encrypted master password list for many different accounts is just a technical one. It will be solved. Keyring managers already do this. I noticed the latest Chrome linux builds use the desktop keyring manager now for saved passwords, rather than storing them unencrypted in the browser's password store.

Personally, until these keyring managers are mature enough, I use a few simple scripts: one which generates a new semi-pronounceable password with random chars, one that adds a new account to a gpg-encrypted master password file, and one that queries the gpg-encrypted master password file when I've forgotten a password to an account.
I think we were on the front of the site for about 45 minutes. We saw over 2k uniques within that time.

Then we saw another wave late that night when Europe woke up and started tweeting. The "social sharing" confirmation page continues to bring traffic, but it's slowed considerably after the first two days.
"With all this variability in farming a single item of broccoli could either contain all you need or nothing at all." Uh, no. It's not going to contain all the protein I need.
Wow, we're really flattered by these posts on HN (Crocodoc co-founder here).

The HN community has been really supportive of us as we've been working on this. Lim Cheng Soon from Hacker Monthly was even kind enough to give us permission to use some of their PDFs to showcase our viewer.

This PDF (HM issue #1) is one of my favorites: http://crocodoc.com/pUY6tB
Thanks, nice idea.
> I know android fans hate to hear it and will likely pound me into oblivion for it

No, I downvoted because comments like that are very annoying and go against the HN guidelines:

See this please: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't bait other users by inviting them to downmod you.
The actual VF piece for this was posted weeks ago, but languishes; we'd rather yell at each other about Apple than read about the collapse of the economy in one of the world's major technical centers.
The Technology Behind Convore
They don't want to put in place the infrastructure to distribute source code, nor do they want the legal requirements to do so. Thus GPLv3 prevents Microsoft from exercising its freedom to not put in place a source code distribution system that will appeal to exactly none of its customers.
Even if they just have an index without the full copy it's not that hard to reconstruct a version similar to the original just from the index, as in an inverted index you typically do not only store the documents of a term, but also the word number within the document. However, it's not possible to restore the original version exactly, due to things like stemmers.
That article is naive. It assumes that C/C++ developers concerned with performance write object-oriented code. They do not. They write data-oriented code.

Most of the multi-threading issues go away. This is how fast code is written for the Cell processor in the Sony PS3.

Most malloc/free issues go away. Most data is a value type or has an explicit lifetime (game-lifetime, mission-lifetime, frame-lifetime for the game development case).

More information on data-oriented design: http://gamesfromwithin.com/data-oriented-design
But the rules have already been bent to help Watson in areas where it's weak:

• receives question (and answers) as coded text, rather than having to sight-read or listen to them

• no audio/video clues

• no categories that require an extra Trebek-explanation

It may even be receiving a direct signal when it's OK to ring in, rather than assessing Trebek's cadence and the same light-indicator as the human contestants rely upon.

So other 'balancing' changes shouldn't be out of the question.

I particularly like the idea that the penalty for a moment-too-early buzzing could be eliminated, and/or treating all buzzes in a small window around the traditional earliest-allowed moment as simultaneous. That still rewards quickness, without heavily advantaging the computer's ability to perfectly synchronize with the buzzing-period.

Once two buzzes are considered simultaneous, the contestant chosen to answer could rotate in round-robin fashion, or (for maximum drama) be the one furthest behind.
They do offer PDF export functionality and annotations, but yes, I can see where crocodoc has some nice advantages, possibly. I'm not associated with Vuzit, but I am a user, so I don't necessarily know how they would respond to this.
I got your point about "backhanded compliment".
I have a product in the works very similar to your original idea with a focus on businesses.

The directory is good, but it limits your potential unless you expand beyond wedding and include more events (Birthdays, Graduations, etc...). By sending visitors to other websites, you are also letting go of some of your revenue.

I decided to try offering templates (the whole set: business card, LH, ENV, etc..) instead and I think LD can do a great job here for Events. You can differentiate yourself by providing great artwork users can edit on their computer (pdf, ai, psd), or they can also pay you to edit documents properly.

Templates are scalable. Write once, distribute many times. You can also change the price as you please and sell them on your site, the designers' site, inkd.com, graphicriver.net and even through other design-related websites.

I would like to see a site that offers templates with a focus on events. They would have me covered from wedding, to baby shower, to birthday celebration, to girls night out. Basically all things fun. I think this is one area where LimeDaring could do very well. Show me where I can get great document design done for my events, but even better actually be the place where I can actually get them.
What Would Watson’s Victory Mean?
Their example of "Convert emails into tasks and clear your inbox" is amusing (http://www.taskforceapp.com/?v=original_ft):

>from President Obama to me:

>How are you? Was wondering if you could give me a quick intro to Julian Assange. Or even just his current address would be nice.
Ken Jennings got famous as being the longest-lasting Jeopardy contestant ever. He remained undefeated in Jeopardy for over 70 games, and won over 2 million dollars. He was very likeable on the show as well, especially given that we were able to enjoy so much of the show with him on it, which is unusual for contestants.

He's somewhat notorious in the IT industry because his day job (not sure if he still holds it) was a programmer, which at least endeared him to me.
I consider 100,000 pageviews a month easy because I can achieve that number organically (without paying for traffic) within a few months.

My niche is probably a bit easier than some others, though.

I also consider it easy in comparison to the fact that it took me 2 1/2 years to get to 600,000 a month when I first started. I could probably do 600,000 organically in half the time now.
Well, the first word is probably THE. I have doubts as to whether this is broken enough in practice if you follow standard cryptographic practice and remove spacing and punctuation; the key space size is still 26^17, assuming "random codeword" means a random string of letters and not a randomly selected string of one or more dictionary words.
:) That was not the emphasis of my comment. It was a secondary observation.
you didn't get the article. What you're saying requires [necessarily] common "virtual design studio" and/or at least very good communication channels between different participants. The article clearly mention that some subcontractors even didn't have their own engineering department. Be the task contained inside Boeing - there would at least be some "common workspace", though i'm not necessarily saying that it would be sufficient condition.
No.

Yes.

Yes.

The benchmark code also re-parses the integer command-line argument on every iteration of the loop.

This benchmark is meaningless.
How to run easily your Erlang software (part I)
@derleth - yep - I cited two popular and well accepted (in the scientific community) studies.
We don't actually read the text of individual questions, as we want our users to feel confident that their questions will only be read by the friends they choose to ask. From talking to early users, though, coordinating group activities seems to be a popular use-case.
An update to this post:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2228000
Out of curiosity, where do you find jobs with the title "history major"? Or are you using that phrase as a stand-in for something else?
I wonder how many times he rolled in his grave when his vindicator Caldera went on to become the SCO headed by Darl McBride.
This reeks of "I hear the word singularity one time and I really really want to use it in a headline." TechCrunch should stick to covering Apple rumors/VC beefs and leave the discussion of science/philosophy to someone more qualified.
MochiWeb Walkthrough
/me adds a task in his existing task management system to try Taskforce once the "HN effect" dies down (500 internal server errors abound).
Dogsmack (Video) - Akensai.com
This seems like an apples to oranges comparison with different scales and units...
Caltrain planning to cancel almost half of their trains
See http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/Proposed_Service_Changes.html

via a friend:
"Caltrain may be cutting most of their trains come July. According to the proposed schedule there are only commute-hour trains, and a number of stops will be closing.

I'm particularly irked by the last train leaving the city at 8:30am, and then no trains until around 4 pm. Read the proposed schedule here and see if the train you normally take is on it: http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Public/48TrainScheduleDRAFT_02-09-2011.pdf

There is a meeting in SF to hear public comments about this proposal. There are also meetings later in the week in San Carlos and Gilroy.
Read about the nature of the service changes here: http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/Proposed_Service_Changes.html

I've made a facebook event for the SF meeting, which I will be attending. If you are affected by the extreme schedule change you should come as well. Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163048787079367

Please invite your friends that take the train."
Extraordinary doctors and extraordinary engineers are paid much more than the average
I'm seriously having a hard time conflating the snark of the submission title with the respect owed to Dr. Kildall.

This:
"Gary never wanted to file suit against Microsoft because he always believed that in the end excellence in programming would win in the marketplace."

says things a lot better than "M$".
If you're single, you should totally go on a date with this guy: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1891187.

Great job on the site. I prefer to delude myself into believing that you accomplished this so fast because you already had a viable MVP, but a part of me still thinks that you're superhuman.
Looks excellent. One thing that would be way cool is Basecamp integration, like syncing milestones/to-dos to your inbox.
Your mistake is conflating working for yourself with working alone. Every startup founder works for himself and very few do it alone.
Why Homeland Security's Domain Name Seizures Are Almost Certainly Not Legal
The excess value you create but do not claim is not returned to the universe for fair distribution - rather, it is captured by ruthless jackasses that didn't do the hard work work but aren't hampered by meaningless guilt over things they are not responsible for.

I make it my mission in my professional life to capture as much of that value as I can and do with it as I see fit. Which usually means spending it in productive ways with businesses that enrich the community.
You are also assuming that you would be a good welder. Welding is incredibly difficult to do well, and the best ones deserve the good salary that they receive.
Then all bills should be given memorable but neutral official nicknames, generated semi-randomly. This bill could be called the "Eight-headed Platypus Act", for example. The name has nothing to do with the bill itself, but hopefully it will fill the name niche well enough to crowd out less entertaining competitors.
Heh. The Patriot Act was the biggest in recent history. Remember how little debate there was when the entire Congress was afraid of looking weak after 9/11? You'd think some of them would go back and read the bill and have second thoughts, but it looks like 10 years later, we're going to renew it again.
You've missed the point. Apple is providing access to hundreds of millions of potential customers who can purchase your product in a frictionless manner. The people on this platform spend more $ per person than other ecosystems because the platform is easy to use and has the widest choice of product. That makes the platform very valuable.

If it was so easy to get this kind of distribution, then why don't you just develop an Android app and put it up on your website and watch the millions of users roll in? Oh wait, there aren't hundreds of millions of customers searching for apps on your website?

A user base, especially one that spends more $ per person that another, is extremely valuable. Historically this kind of access to a large distribution platform was just not available to mere mortals. I remember just 4-5 years ago, large companies would have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars just to have their app listed on the Vodafone Live app store, and then have 50% taken as commission for the privilege.

And for content, many Telco's just didn't allow it...because they had their own content subscriptions they were trying to sell to their users..so forget 30%, you simply couldn't sell your content subscription.

Apple's app store, and a 30% cut is starting to look fair compared to the above.
Link to a sample doc:

http://crocodoc.com/CaDZXS?embedded=true

drop the "embedded=true" to see it with their interface.

Beautiful stuff!
clickable:

http://www.caltrain.com/riderinfo/Proposed_Service_Changes.h...

http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Public/48TrainScheduleDRAFT_0...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163048787079367
The HTML5 canvas tag is basically a Cairo surface minus a few functions. That means there's a lot of desktop software that can finally be moved to the web. It also means the entry barrier is fairly low. This is great for disrupting desktop software businesses and destroying the market.

I agree with you that it's still not clear whether the valuations for these new companies are reasonable.

If I had a bunch of money right now, I'd be buying under-valued desktop software properties and moving them onto the web.
consider it in the pipeline :-)
Deal of the day for entrepreneurs
I would assume that though this thought may come up, it's more likely considering the positive nature of 1000Memories that they don't run into such philosophical problems.

The site, to me, is more of a post-mourn/grief period where one remembers another in memory positively. I don't grieve when I use the site but rather reminisce. And, in general I would say that the majority of current entries are around famous people where people remember their awesomeness and not just their death.

But that's just my assumption, I really don't know what these guys think day to day.
My indexing only took a couple of hours. I also quickly discovered to my dismay that GMail chat logs aren't indexed.