skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I believe that's the point. These companies did not anticipate the direction they would be dragged by technological progress, and other companies have filled the void. I'd really only say Amazon is a valid example for books though, as other companies currently have a larger presence in the rest.
I would say that they're not "anonymous" so much as "pseudonymous", if you can even say that. A name is whatever a person calls himself; if it's adopted at the age of 23 and only used online that doesn't make it any less a name.

I try to say "legal name" rather than "real name" when interacting with people. While this is not perfectly correct (according to Wikipedia, in common law a "true name" is any name used non-fraudulently), it does help to remind people that assumed names aren't less real than given names.
That's actually pretty cool. Here's a PB&J: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=peanut+butter+%2B+jelly...
I've seen deletionism creep into articles that were very well written, very well cited and overall a great source of information.

I'd like you to let us know what specific examples you have seen, if you would please.
I edited my post. The hipster reference was not constructive.

Re: fat nerds and social value:

In 2011, "fat nerds" can wield quite a bit of financial power. This can make them attractive to females by virtue of the fact that they can be utilized as resource providers for their future offspring.

However, it should be noted that sexual attraction and attraction to resources are generally two independent drives in female primates. Many female primates utilize independent strategies, procuring resources and genetic material from different men simultaneously. See the citations in "Sperm Wars" for references to the research on this phenomenon.
I understand your skepticism but they're not daydreaming about unobtainable goals here. It looks like they're responding to the competition with more incremental improvements that are completely realistic to deliver in a timely fashion. It will be difficult to leapfrog the competition entirely but if you look at some specific things like their multi-tasking UI they are leapfrogging iOS and Android.
A lot of the more visible features from 3 have been added into new versions of 2.x. Off the top of my head, dictionary comprehensions and new set literals are two nice ones.
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Thank you for not spoiling it in the text of your message.
We will have to solve the energy problem, first, though.

First catch your hare indeed....

The energy implications of shredding and remanufacturing essentially the same items rather than cleaning them just makes me shudder. That really can't be efficient by any definition.
Nokia Plan B
It's been way too long since my signals class, and I'm not even going to try since I know I'm going to be wrong (a whole lot of good that education did me, huh.). But I do know that it's proportional to the bandwidth available.

Careful reading of these [1] equations may yield you an answer. Flashbacks to college are an unintended side effect.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_capacity
My wife and I just assign each job to whichever of us is less annoyed by having to do it, and somehow it all seems to balance out. She cleans the bathrooms and does the laundry, I sweep and vacuum and take out the trash, she makes the coffee in the morning and I turn off the lights at night. We certainly aim to be equal partners in our marriage, but instead of tallying everything up for some perfectly fair 50/50 division, we try to embrace our differences and specialize in what we're good at.

Sometimes the breakdown does look disturbingly similar to the old traditional gender roles, but sometimes it really doesn't - I do the mending, for example, and she takes the car in for service. I'm sure we are both influenced by the traditional sexism of the societies we grew up in, but whatever the reasons for our choices, each of us pretty much gets to do what we think of as the easy or inconsequential chores while our partner tackles the nasty, time-consuming, or obnoxious ones.
Search is amazing compared to 10 years ago at AltaVista
Another thing to keep in mind is to think about how many unique search queries are entered into Google on a daily basis. I don't know what the figure is at Google, but some engineer at Bing said that 25% of searches they've never seen before. You can't get a human to look at each of these searches and remove the content farms, you have to do it algorithmically or else it will never work.

Getting users to do the work will help with the most egregious abuses. One thing that content farms are good at is coming up with answers for questions that don't have an answer available on-line. For example, the query "what's the personal cell phone number of <insert celebrity>?" will just take you to a spam farm because that's the only kind of website that claims to know the answer.
The equation in the submitted link gave away the punchline too.
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I think it's actually a "πnus"

edit: wow, crappy pi character. "pinus"
pretty good idea ... something i can use for valentines for sure!
Its obvious he means standard library by 'API'. Also the type returned doesn't need to be an integer, or even a number. If you need to write a min function then the type merely needs to form a partially ordered set. A string could fulfill this requirement - simply compare an integer representation of the first character if they're equal move on to the following character. Alphabetical ordering, taught to children at all good primary schools, is a restricted version of this comparison algorithm.
I have only recently discovered HN, and it has quickly become the most useful site I frequent. Up to now, however, I have not yet commented.
They play too many dirty tricks for my tastes (for example, it's only at the bottom of the page when you come from Google)--I won't give them any of my page views. I have no idea why Google doesn't bust them on what is straight forward cloaking.
I deduce from this that the fault was not in the language, but in the company, specifically in the resume filter that asks for 3+ years of production Clojure. A programmer who learns languages can learn Clojure for production work. That's better than trying to bring a soaring program back down to earth (or for C++, chaining it to a cart and dragging it into the salt mines).

But don't listen to me, here's Paul Graham from Beating the Averages (Footnote Edition). And ponder this question: why didn't Yahoo just rewrite the templates in C++?

[1] Viaweb at first had two parts: the editor, written in Lisp, which people used to build their sites, and the ordering system, written in C, which handled orders. The first version was mostly Lisp, because the ordering system was small. Later we added two more modules, an image generator written in C, and a back-office manager written mostly in Perl.

In January 2003, Yahoo released a new version of the editor written in C++ and Perl. It's hard to say whether the program is no longer written in Lisp, though, because to translate this program into C++ they literally had to write a Lisp interpreter: the source files of all the page-generating templates are still, as far as I know, Lisp code. (See Greenspun's Tenth Rule.)
The text for the URL on HN gives it away, but the URL itself does not. Which is why I was able to pleasantly surprise a friend of mine with it.
I immediately dropped velocityreviews.com, bytes.com, and about.com too.
But the brain appears to be tuned for language. And also that the brain also gets two years of training before the first words really appear. And its probably 8 years before it can parse with Jeopardy style questions.

I don't think anyone thinks they're meant to be similar. It's not neurobiology, it's computer science.
Hmm. I'll ask if we can fix that.
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I still have mine. It seems as though FB has barely scratched the surface of these online payments despite the staggering number of *ville users
About's atheism site is pretty good. I wont block about.com they have good information.
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Coffee doesn't help women cope with stressful men?
I always found this very scary. If I'm not the largest influencer (positive/negative) then I have bigger problems to worry about.
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I can see your reasons, but to play devil's advocate (because it's more fun):

1) via Wikipedia, the heart shape itself is likely based off the shape of the silphium seed, which was used as a contraceptive, or of course various naughty bits of anatomy. And condom sales spike around V-day. Relevancy #1: check.

2) It's an equation. And it even contains pi raised to the pith power. Relevancy #2: check.
I never heard of this site until now. Its a great idea. I really wish I thought of this. Not only is it a fun project, but it has the potential to be used by a great many people. I wish the Greplin guys luck with this.
I deduce that some people prefer some tools, and you get a big win when you match a highly skilled person with tools they feel best augment those skills. However, it's the pairing that is the big win. If I had to guess as to which element was more important, I'd bet that the skilled person with imperfect tools is better than a Blub programmer with tools that are above him.

PG left the equation, and when he did, a big argument in favor of keeping Lisp around did as well. Without another similarly skilled Lisp hacker to fill the void, it's easier to make a strong case for a more mainstream language so that ViaWeb could still maintain some forward velocity even if they never got to move quite as fast as they did when PG/Lisp were driving.

tl;dr - I bet that it's not Lisp that made ViaWeb tick - it was Lisp + PG.
The point of an IIFE is that it is immediately invoked, i.e.: `(function () { })()` - the outer function is used to return the inner function at that point. So you're returning the inner function, and it's this function, a closure, that is returned.

I'm not sure what's iffy about the terminology here...
Kliment is active in the #reprap channel on FreeNode, so it's safe to say that he built his own printers.
How ironic, this is perfect for the dating site I'm working on :)
Did you read the article? All these speed gains are also coming with huge power reduction gains as well.
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With my mother this failed miserably. After I gave up on her nagging for someone to do the dishes, she started nagging that the dishes weren't coming out as clean as they should. After I started scrubbing a lot longer and harder she started nagging that the drain and the sink weren't always pristine. After I started cleaning the drain and sink every time I did the dishes she complained the the countertop got wet. After I started drying the countertop, then the kitchen table had crumbs over it. After that, I broke down and had a really bad fight with her, and got her to shut up and just clean whatever it was that bothered her so much in the kitchen.
One meta-analysis of studies, for example, found that "discrimination against blacks was more likely to occur when potential helpers had more opportunities to rationalize decisions not to help" by invoking "justifiable explanations having nothing to do with race."

Isn't this saying that when people had reasons to make a decision not based on race, they actually did make a decision based on race. How can you actually produce that conclusion?
I love pop psychology books that tell me it is fine to be lazy and uncaring

You are confusing normative and positive claims.
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> They're all right, of course: you can't simply infer bias from statistical underrepresentation

Technically speaking, if something is statistically under- or over-represented, then there is a source of bias ("an extraneous latent influence on, unrecognized conflated variable in, or selectivity in a sample which influences its distribution and so renders it unable to reflect the desired population parameters"). Whether that bias reflects overt or covert discrimination on the part of those in academia is another question, of course.
I think you're viewing this too simplistically (although I'm about to walk down a mighty simple path myself).

Lets just imagine that we're using NN, and of course ML is large topic, not limited to NN, but this is sufficient for now. Adding new data points changes the weights on the neural network -- or can even add new inputs or hidden layers.

I don't actually know what the hot coals trick is, but lets say that it is walking over them at the right rate -- this info gets added to the inputs, with no burning as the output (of course its probably not a step function).

Basically you've now increased what you know... burning is a function of temperature and duration.

No change to the fundamental algorithm.

To be clear... adding a new data point doesn't just change how you react to that one piece of stimulus, but depending on what context is provided, it can change all the weights and structure of the NN. Effectively, change your world view.
Ask HN: Conflict of interest to apply for TechStars and TechStars Network prog?
Note: Due to the nature of the question, I've created an anonymous account.

(TL;DR: Is there a conflict of interest in applying for both the TechStars program and a TechStars Network affiliated program with the same/similar product concept?)

I'm a founder of a project who has been accepted into a TechStars Network program. This was an opportunity that fell into our lap while we were preparing an application for one of the original TechStars programs and planning to move our operations.

We want to participate in TS because:

- premium network (TS has a well-established contact network in comparison to a new TSN)

- want to personally validate our product via being accepted into TS against a much larger pool of competition

- we want to maximize the potential for our product by participating in the best possible program

- we want to move to the area of the TS program in question for personal reasons and have been planning the move for about 3 months (we can still bail, but would rather not)

We want to participate in the TSN program because:

- the opportunity for free, one-on-one help growing our product (and passing on this didn't seem smart)

- we believe that the area where we currently are can greatly benefit from a stronger entrepreneurial community. If we can help grow that community, we want to help.

- hedge our bets against not being accepted into TS

We could do both programs, but don't want TS to feel that this particlar TSN program was not serving its purpose by applying for MORE help from TS. We are also concerned about taking advantage of this TSN program (which we aren't interested in doing) by participating and then leaving for the TS program (since we intend to move there permanently).

Does anyone have insight into the relationship between these two organizations? Or could offer some advice to two up-and-coming entrepreneurs who are trying to do the right thing for our communities (future and present) and the right thing for our business? What might you do in our position?

A lot of this confusion comes from being unclear about the working relationship between TS and TSN programs. So any insight here would be helpful, too! Much thanks in advance!
I put this hack together on NY Music Hack Day this weekend. I want to build a mobile user engagement network on the top of "texting lyrics" concept. There are more texts going around than the tweets. This is a lot of bits of information being thrown around, and not much attention given to this data. Now, let's do something about it.
Rediscovering your passion is probably the most important thing you can do for yourself at the moment. Going 'walkabout' as the Austrailians say has a couple of great aspects to it; first you take yourself out of your routine surroundings, second you create a different set of day to day tasks which helps keep you out of the rut you find yourself in at home.

If you are the camping type, hitting the parks can be great (Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Yellow stone, Carlsbad, Grand Tetons, Etc.) If you are more inspired by cultural endeavors hitting the museuems, music festivals, cultural celebrations are good. The goal of any good walkabout is first to empty yourself, which is to dump all the day to day things that wear upon your consciousness and get back to a place where your true passions can be sensed.

Let your curiosity take you down different roads. Learn a new language, explore a new culture. Recapture the wonder of learning something knew for the sake of learning it.

Remember that when you are aged and contemplating the end of your days, you probably won't be thinking "I wish I spent more time at work." :-)
Is it also integrated with WOT (Web of Trust) way to block and report bad sites? How if so?
answers.yahoo.com, here I come.
> SF women are the best in the country

Yeah, all 218 of them.
The biggest cost is probably the manual labor that goes into finishing a part. 3D printers are hardly analogous to the current state of paper printers: all of the technologies require some form of post processing (cutting away supports, curing materials, sanding, etc.).

Most of the discussion I see about 3D printers ignores the significant amount of physical effort you have to put into a part if it will be used for anything (and depending on the method, just to see the part).
I think that's a bit grumpy. It's fair to call this "regex," not because it's exactly a regular expression matcher, but because it clearly borrows its syntax from a popular regular expression engine (one that's traditionally used for simple word replace in chat windows). Similarly, most people use the term "regex" to refer to the full engines in most programming languages, which are often much more powerful than actual regular expression matchers (e.g. back references).
In fairness, that record was achieved with maximum thrust while descending.
jch@whatcodecraves. I misspoke about Blank Space's location. Glad to hear that you guys are opening up in Santa Monica though. Ideally, I'd want to do something within walking or biking distance.
Thanks :) You'll notice I removed multiprocessing. I'm considering removing setuptools as well. Too bad I have to hardcode these things. I wish there was some metadata about a package having a py3k counterpart.
Got the beta account and shot you guys an email with the feedback. Keep me posted on your progress and I'll keep using it whenever I can!
Thank you, I come from Python but I should be able to make some sense out of it...
There was an article in the NYTimes called "Are your Friends Making you Fat?" that's surprisingly relevant to that comment: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/13/magazine/13contagion-t.htm...
I went longhand with onedayonejob.com and onedayoneinternship.com
Ah, thank you, that primer looks to be exactly what I wanted.
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You are in error sir.

Marriage Satisfaction = Fighting (or Total Conflict) - Unresolved Conflict

Conflict among other things brings you closer together. A couple who "fight" well will stay together.
You're using anecdotal evidence to refute anecdotal evidence. A bit surreal, at least to my mind.
For Clojure, this is a good place to start:
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Learning_Clojure

I also like the lengthier, but most excellent, tutorial by Mark Volkmann:
http://java.ociweb.com/mark/clojure/article.html

Project Euler worked well for me as warm-up exercises. And I just found a Wiki of Project Euler solutions in Clojure:
http://clojure-euler.wikispaces.com/
Because the challenge proposed is not about reaction times.
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Oh man, I just began reading this book four days ago, it's my current book to read while commuting, and it's pretty weird to think that tomorrow this will probably be in my head when I read a chapter... maybe this will be too much and I'll put the book on hold for a month or so.

The game itself is a nice classic platform.
Agreed. I remember when Lemmings was the best game of the year. It was one of few I forked out money for on the Amiga. I wasn't much of a gamer by the time I had moved to Amiga, as I'd found other things to occupy my interest (programming, music, and networks, mostly). Knowing it is 20 years old is a reminder of my mortality, and not a "I'm so young!" moment.

I still find myself playing it for a while whenever anyone posts a link to the online version. And, it's still a compelling gaming experience. Like Tetris, it never really gets old.
Oh man, I totally thought this was real until I looked at the contact page. Though the credit to "N. Uematsu" was certainly surprising! I suppose putting in credits to "Bun Bun" and "Yuukichan's Papa" was appropriate as one or two of the level musics were rather Mega Man-ish.
I was hoping for something more specific; am example might be "the query optimizer". Seriously: most everything about a database solution is determined by its storage format, whether it be how it handles concurrency, how it scales, how it handles catastrophic events like power loss, or how expensive it is with regard to memory, disk, and I/O between.

Sitting down and really thinking about what is in, for example, PostgreSQL, that isn't defined by its storage format, the one thing I've come up with so far is query optimization, which I will agree is important, but certainly not /more/ important than the storage format (especially given how many people, even on this site, seem to want to bypass the optimizer, given comments on a recent thread here).

(For a commercial solution I could also see "licensing costs", and generally I could also see "engineering build quality", but that latter notion is unlikely to ever be self reported as "poor, our engineers suck, and we fully expect there to be numerous race conditions in our concurrency code: buyer beware".)
Would you be willing to pay me five one thousandths of a cent for every article I could create?
You can right click any message in your history and hit edit.
Is there any evidence that the computation in the human brain is not in fact "brute force"?
I think American women forget that marriage is a team sport not a struggle for feudal dominance of one partner over the other. It seems with American women there is always a very precise accounting of slights, perceived or otherwise, that are used to demand payment in humiliation or suffering of the other. It's like they're on the "Women team", always thinking to themselves what the "Women team leaders" will think of them in every situation in their struggle against the multiple centuries of male patriarchy-- instead of being on the family team. They destroy relationships to please the contrived abstract ideals they've been indoctrinated to worship and fight against their desires for a relationship based on team work and mutual shared goals.
Stereotypes exist for a reason.
Wouldn't that reach a limit pretty soon? I've commented on this before, but there's a max character length for the search box.
Fantastic, thanks. Especially the project Euler idea, I was under the impression that they were Python-specific problems (in retrospect, I have no idea why I ever thought that).
Appreciate the response. Right now looking to outsource development. If prototype gains interest then need to partner-up or hire on. Really just need a bare bones proto using geo-loc technology. Thanks again.
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How so? The challenge seems to me to be all about the question whether a computer can beat humans at Jeopardy. Reaction times are a part of that.
I ran into a (the?) developer of Hangtime (I think - it may have been a similar app) a while back. He claimed Apple sat on it for a while before finally letting it out the day the new iPhone was released.