skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
From the article:

".. The scientists found that the basic cause of age-related health decline is malfunctioning telomeres — the end caps on cells’ chromosomes that protect them against DNA damage ... DePinho published a study in Nature in January 2011 that demonstrated it was possible to reverse the symptoms of extreme aging in mice by increasing their levels of telomerase, the enzyme that maintains the health of the telomeres ..."

A bit late. Elizabeth Blackburn won the nobel prize for physiology in medicine 2009 for ...

"... The trio has been credited with creating a new field of science, with their investigation of chromosomes and the discovery of an enzyme which they named Telomerase. Telomerase is almost like an anti-ageing solution - it is critical to the regeneration of cells, which are the building blocks of life. If cells cannot replenish, humans are more prone to disease. ..." ~ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/05/2705473.htm
Well in that case wouldn't bing's percentage of failed searches be even larger than Google's? The stats don't reflect that
Unfortunately, that's the mentality of a many start-ups. A couple months ago I was posed the question "Why don't you apply to work at Facebook?" by an interviewer. [To give him the benefit of the doubt, he didn't appear to be versed in how to conduct an interview.] It was a pointless question with an obvious answer, but the wording he used to pose it gave me the feeling he had a chip on his shoulder. The rest of his questions had the same undertone. It would have been better for him to ask "Why are you interested in working here instead of Google, Facebook, etc.?"

I got an offer from his company, but turned it down because I didn't want to work with people who were combative instead of cooperative.
Yes, I agree. I was more interested in Drew's setup than the sign taped to the wall (but I get why you did that).
Is this a bug in how hotmail handles outgoing email addresses?
Interesting stuff. I know it's just a small step, but it makes you wonder if maybe good ole Ray Kurzweil is onto something with his talk about achieving immortality.

Which leads to some interesting questions... if there was a drug available that would let you live to be hundreds or thousands of years old, barring accident, would you take it? What would be the effect on society if death were all but eliminated? Would our population quickly overrun the limits of Earth's resources?

Thinking about this almost feels like an episode of The Twilight Zone.
I love the code. That's t-shirt worthy!
Open Minded Discuss about all thing what peoples LIKE to KNOW
HP Set to Battle Google Over Wireless Future in the Clouds
When you are big enough, you can buy anything and that's considered natural. It's only when you are young and can enjoy such thing. I think for a startup, what matters is doing what you want to do and they are doing it.
This is what the article says: When you send an email via hotmail, it converts the entire address to lowercase. So if you enter "someemail+UPPERlower@whatever.com," hotmail converts it to "someemail+upperlower@whatever.com." Despite the RFC (linked in the article)
I haven't tried Crate. I use Cloudapp. I prefer the idea of an app that sits on my menubar — for myself. But for a 1 time solution for someone else, Crate seems like a better solution. It also offers more storage and less limits for a free account.
World First NFC Tag Location Based Service
Your argument against computer vision startups is that there isn't a viable computer vision solution at this point?
Probabilities in Random Testing
Are you sure about that? Because that's not the way Flashblock describes itself:

Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading. It then leaves placeholders on the webpage that allow you to click to download and then view the Flash content.

It would be pretty useless if all it did was hide the content via CSS.
Software startups are still desk jobs. The best one can hope for is to stave off completely becoming "Office Space" until after the acquisition or IPO.
Anyone who writes an article like this should be required to disclose up front the current scale of the project they are talking about. (Users, data, number of developers, etc.)

In his case, it sounds like a fairly small website developed by just himself. Sorry if I'm not going to take this advice too seriously until this is disproven.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3246/201102stmatthewislan...
Mr. Cutts provides an example of Kim Kardashian videos on MSN linking to Bing as an explanation for the difference in success ratings between Bing and Google.

However if that were a significant factor, the similarity between the ratings for Bing and Yahoo would be somewhat unexpected without a demonstration that similar searches are directed to Yahoo. It would also seem that there is probably a significant enough behavioral difference between the user bases of Bing and Yahoo Search for Matt's "abandoned search theory" to be consistent with the similarity in success rates between the sites.

A more plausible explanation (but "creepier" in Googlespeak) for Google's results is that Google's sometimes practice of not linking directly to sites but rather to an internal redirecting page [as described by jacques mattheij here: http://jacquesmattheij.com/Microsofts+Bing+versus+Google%2C+...] lowers Google's success rate. It would also explain why Google questions the value of the metric so vigorously and why their criticism is speculative and anecdotal rather than more scientifically argued.

http://jacquesmattheij.com/Microsofts+Bing+versus+Google%2C+...
'an hero' does not mean what you think it does.
Agreed.

As long as there's not a tech angle, I'm happy to see them off the site. Events like what's going on in Egypt are important, but it's not why I come here.
Anonymous could provide a lot of red meat for Wikileaks if they tried, I think. Or would that not be a leak anymore but a theft? Anonbreaks - Wikileaks in overdrive.
> What were your thoughts on the video? I didnt understand..

There wasn't a video (at least, not for me). It was only sound, no picture, which disappointed me a bit because I expected one.
It would cause Google to have a relatively larger proportion of "difficult" searches. Many "difficult" searches on Bing will be repeated on Google, but not the reverse.

If you assume that all "difficult" searches fail on both engines as a first approximation, that would mean that Google will fail all the "difficult" searches, while Bing will only fail the "difficult" searches made by people who primarily use Bing.
I dont think nano iphone would be success! Instead they should try to make their current line of iphones bit cheaper to compete with other android based smart phones.
It is a fairly small website developed just by myself. I don't think I've ever characterized it otherwise.
What HP Really Announced: A Battle With Google Over the Cloud
Great tour video. Lots of fun.

But if I were one of the investors, I'd probably be pretty PO'd to see how my money was being spent.

Not since the dotcom boom have I seen that kind of place. Startups seem to want to run kinda lean these days, so they can be more agile. (That's not to say that the folks shouldn't be well equipped, which it looks like they are, but custom artwork and a DDR machine?) And clearly too much floor space for their size. It'd be a far better use of their funds to operate a smaller office, then move when they outgrew it.

It could be worse, the whole place could be full of $900 Aeron chairs.

Oh wait, it was.
I'm curious as to why you don't see Anon's actions as mob justice? Or if you do, why that's okay?
Any parent trying to get their children interested in math should definitely check out Murderous Maths: http://www.murderousmaths.co.uk/
Define mob? It's ok for the government to imprison people. But when I do it it's called kidnapping.

Edit: Just to clarify, I agree if you mean mob as in an actual mob. However you're replying to a parent who's talking about government, so that led me to think you're implying government is some form of a mob.

A representative government with powers endowed to them by the people and working within the limits of a codified legal system is very different from a mob.
Perhaps they are only looking for Stanford interns.
Ohhh! I like these things.

1. "Lean startups, disrupting your business from Day 1"

2.
i) launch a dipshit company
ii) pivot
iii) ????
iv) exit for $25m dollars

3. if you mention the term lean startups again, im going to pivot my fist into your face

4. lean startups - leaning over your competitors shoulder and copying

5. more hacking, less hacker news

6. be like water, pivot (picture of bruce lee in the background)

7. only upstarts start startups

8. imvu is pronounced im-vu not i-m-v-u

9. lean startups - turning 1 year failures into 5 year deathmarches
Haha. Yes. I mix those up way too often.
Wikipedia cites this as the source for that assertion:

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/faq.html#fbFlashCookies

If it prevented the object from loading, it would block Flash "cookies".

edit: Looks like it does call StopPlay() on the movie, which prevents any audio/visual effects.
There was an awful lot of "I'm too busy showing off how awesome our amenities are to do anything else". But I figure it was staged for the shoot.
I think you are exactly right. Other commenters seem to be misunderstanding you.

It's clear that this is a huge achievement. However, it is different than a computer beating the human chess champion. All this will prove is that a computer is about the same as the best humans, not strictly better than them.

(And, that it is strictly better at timing its buzzer response, which is completely not impressive for a machine to excel at.)
Great work Jason. I love it. I think it would be good to interview some engineers as well. Like what time did they roll in the office that day, what interesting problems they are working on, what is exiting them about the company etc. A bit more insight on the work they do themselves, and not where they do sit.

Also it would be great to know what kind of perks they do get (eg food, free lunches, dinners, or whatever).

Looking at the offices is nice, but it would be great to hear more from the people themselves (i.e. not just the ceo or the chaperon).
a general question. Do any of these seem to handle out of band payments? e.g. if one customer wants me to send a check, is that even possible?
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Thats extremely cheap (about $3/sq foot). From what I've seen, $20/sq foot is closer to normal.
I clearly see where he is coming from and I also believe that the metric Hitwise used is just BS...BUT! the more Matt becomes sensitive about Bing, the more pageviews Bing would get. I bet Bing got quite unexpected PR recently due to Matt's accusation (I don't want to talk about the issue since my opinion is mine). I'm curious to see metrics for Feb. ;)
I think you'll be better off asking this on stack exchange.
I took it that the OP was referring to Anonymous as a mob... which is essentially one of the big draws of huge mobs - their anonymity.

Although I'm intrigued by the whole drama unfolding, I don't know that we can say there's justice/liberty in what the mob does if when one person did the same thing we'd say otherwise.
> The 90s are back after all.

What? Company that generates a metric shit-ton of revenue is spending some of it on employee perks, and this is somehow indicative of a bubble?

I was under the impression that the 90s were all about lavish spending without revenue. Although I guess people will see any trend they want to see if they try hard enough...
I think if I had to work in the Zappos office, I'd probably develop at least one nervous tic by about lunch time. I don't see how anyone could concentrate to get actual work done, with all the visual and likely auditory distraction of such a cluttered, bright, flashy space. I don't just get distracted if there's a lot of clutter around me, I actually get depressed, become extremely introverted and irritated, and the part of my brain that cares about stuff just shuts down. I'm the same way if I'm around a lot of noise. I probably have some sort of sensory issue there.

My home office is quiet and free of clutter, but still warm and inviting, with about 8 different adjustable levels of lighting, depending on my mood. It took me a while to get it the way I want it, and it is by no means fancy, but it's the most comfortable work environment I've had so far.
Yea, totally a joke and not from github :-)
Micro-Payment Dilemma Readability Has Made
Exit strategy is the fundamental difference between a startup in the Silicon Valley sense and a lifestyle business or a family business. Recognition and acknowledgement of the exit is what separates entrepreneurship from self-employment. In other words, exit strategy is an entrepreneurial strategy and exits are what makes puts the "serial" in "serial entrepreneurs."
I think Wikileaks' policy is not to accept intentionally haxored info, although it's claimed that they've let some through in the past.
Is this thing profitable? It appears you've only got the one-time fee.
Twin prime conjecture and the Pentium division bug
> Wow, talk about another test that would be super successful. I'm not sure I want to work at any place where any first-dayer is made to break the build in the name of shared ownership by checking in code to a codebase he couldn't have possibly had enough time to understand to a necessary level. I suppose he will be fixing it later that evening, in the name of shared upkeep.

You make an awful lot of wrong assumptions here. Who said anything about breaking a build? And while they may not be major projects, bug fixes go a long way.

I can only say that if those things are the first things that came to your mind, I'd hate to work at the places you've worked out.

> As with all of these tests, what you actually get is a token activity that will tell you nothing useful and that will fail to screen out anyone who doesn't want to be screened out, company fit or otherwise.

We'll have to disagree then. Granted, with the vast number of successful companies employing these strategies, I feel I'm in good company.
How Watson Sees, Hears, and Speaks to Play Jeopardy
this is relevant http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2062806
This is very a interesting and, to me, compelling vision that HP is offering. Shift your view of what these gadgets (PC's, phones, tablets, etc.) are. They are not computing or communications devices, they are access devices. Devices can simply be ways of interacting with your data or with other people. Different form factors, tailored for different tasks: handhelds for talking & while on the move, tablets for reading or while lounging around, desktop terminals for focus while you're at work.

This future is attractive to me. I don't want to have to worry about where my data is. I don't know if HP can pull it off, but I hope they show some commitement and give it a good try.
Interesting talk by David Heinemeier Hansson
Interesting talk by David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails.
I think GTK+ shows how an open-source community can paint itself into a corner by becoming "too big to fail".

Gtk+ 1.0 was released in in 1998. Here's a list of vastly superior UI toolkits that were developed from scratch before Gtk+ 3.0 release:

* Microsoft's WPF (first release in 2006)
* Android's Java-based UI framework
* Palm's webOS UI framework
* Cocoa in Mac OS X (first release in 2001 - and before you nitpick, I know it was based on earlier tech from NeXT)
* iPhone UI (granted, based on Mac OS X UI but a lot of it was new)

The technology behind Gtk+ (C, even when written in a disciplined, object-oriented fashion) makes it painful to program against. It was fine when the alternative was Win32 but the above mentioned toolkits use higher-level languages (java, c#, javascript, objective-c) making them not only easier to program against but also easier to improve the toolkits themselves.

I don't follow Gnome development but my outsider perspective is that Gtk+ is a huge technical debt and there are no signs that the community is planning to ditch it for something that can go head-to-head with those other technologies (mono is the only initiative trying to move the state of the art of implementation technologies on unix but it doesn't have UI component (other than silverlight implementation, which is WPF-lite)).
Cool. Did you do any kind customer development? Analyze any problems, etc?
And so I'm giving up the Mozilla project -  Jamie Zawinski (1999)
"Eat your own cooking."
Ask HN:Feedback on my android app for toddlers
I published my first android app for toddlers/preschoolers today, If you have toddlers/preschoolers please install the app and let me know your feedback

It is plain HTML5/Javascript wrapped in android webview. I have used javascript frameworks jquery mobile and Monocle to develop this

https://market.android.com/details?id=in.microangels

Thanks.
They can. An account is not required, or even used, when you write a memory about somebody.
I just submitted this story (http://ibmresearchnews.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-watson-sees-...), but here is a quote from it that was interesting:

"The best human contestants don’t wait for, but instead anticipate when Trebek will finish reading a clue. They time their “buzz” for the instant when the last word leaves Trebek’s mouth and the “Buzzer Enable” light turns on. Watson cannot anticipate. He can only react to the enable signal. While Watson reacts at an impressive speed, humans can and do buzz in faster than his best possible reaction time."

I suspect if anyone is good at anticipating the buzzer it is Jennings and Rutter -- the two best Jeopardy players in history. At least until next week...
clickable link https://market.android.com/details?id=in.microangels
I'd take it without a second thought. I've talked to a number of people who wouldn't though, and I find that curious. Why would you choose death by aging if it was optional? Suicide by other means would still be available if you grew tired of life.
Well, I don't know if you intended this article to be posted on hacker news or not, but it certainly lacks any compelling data or facts to make a real argument for your claims.
This is one of those articles written as if Apple's entire strategy was centered on the US market - e.g. ATT exclusivity, two year contracts and carrier subsidies are used as the primary rationales for Apple's past product alignment in the smartphone segment and Verizon availability is offered as the sole reason for Android's rise.

The worldwide commodification of smartphones is never mentioned nor are the economics of distribution in the BRIC markets and the global south.

This journalism at its laziest.
About History Thesis
To write a history thesis, students need to conduct thorough research and obtain accurate information. History is a vast subject. Therefore, students need to narrow their topic down considerably in order to write an informative history thesis.
My preference:

DuckDuckGo: http://duckduckgo.com/?q=fantasia

I prefer uncluttered and informative results at the top instead of news headlines.
I just tested the extension and I can confirm that Flashblock only downloads and runs the content when the placeholder is explicitly clicked on. So, Wikipedia is wrong. ;)

Edit: If I browse to an SWF directly, it does appear to load the content. If I create the SWF via SWFObject, it does not load until I explicitly click on the placeholder.

That question is poorly worded. It's referring to blocking Flash cookies in general. Flashblock will not prevent the use of Flash cookies by applets that you allow to run.
Don't see anything new in the press release. Everything it states has been known for several years at least.

Wish there was a link to the original study, but all links are either advertisements or internal links. The harvard.edu on the bottom does no good. What is the point of such press releases?
Git Conversion of Mozilla Central
Here is the Iron Helmet Games dating website. In development soon. (Angels needed!)

An online dating site where you put your money where your mouth is.

Guys and Girls review each others profiles and rather than making contact and
trading a few messages, suitors buy "First Date Packages" and offer them to the
people they are interested in (the target of their affections).

Dinner and a movie? Paddle boating on the lake? Perhaps a picnic in the park?
Why not even go totally crazy and go skydiving!

Other suitors can see the offers made to people they too are interested in and can
"bid" against them by offering a more impressive or more romantic package.
(You want to attract the whales who have thousands to spend of really special
weekend. Charter a yacht for example.)

As soon as "the target" accepts the offer, the suitor's credit card is billed for
75% of the date package, and the target is billed the remaining 25%. (The target
must contribute to the date package price to ensure they participate and are
serious.)

Site earns revenue by taking a slice of the price of each package. Once the site
takes off, 3rd parties pay to have their romantic packages on offer.

Its a crazy idea but I think its cool for a number of reasons.

Geeks will like it because you get a lot of help making sure that first date is
going to be interesting. You'll have the package all organized for you.

Girls will like it because when they go on a date they know where they will be
going and it will be exciting. Chances are they choose from a list of interesting
packages.

Go get em people will like it because both parties are jumping with both feet
and instead of trading countless emails only to discover the other party is just
not that interested.

Start your relationship off with a bang!
He supports himself with it / it's his fulltime job, so assuming yes.
I'm at a startup in SF - we saw nice places for about $2.5/sqft
Well, his argument is that well-funded, very intelligent people are trying like hell at computer vision, and not succeeding. That's not a good sign - you'd prefer that your space has been hitherto overlooked by smart people with lots of money.
Read and learn:
http://www.sens.org/
He said "I'm not as stoked about it for myself", so I would wager that he does not like to be told what he can do and what he can like.
Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Application, THIRD EDITION. Very undergrad, somewhere in between first and second semester level, and oriented to matrices (opposite of Axler), but very readable and useful.
You are factually incorrect in almost everything you say. There's really no place to start.

I'd agree with you about watching out for dotcom excess if it wasn't so inaccurate in this case. :-)
Wait, what?

OkCupid seems to be at the forefront in this space. They get people in India to rate the attractiveness of new members and use that to limit your access to people significantly more attractive than you are.

Is this common knowledge? I'm shocked if it's true, but I'm sort of thinking there should be a [citation needed] after that.
What does it cost in terms of talent and time for every block away from BART and the Underground you decide to locate your office?

It's a more expensive than an extra $5K or $10K a month in rent, that's for sure.
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