skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
App Store reviewers can and should be able to tell the discriminate between an app like the one you're describing, and say Evernote of Flickr which are perfectly usable without a paid subscription.
This is cool. However the HN crowd seem to be just drawing deformed penis pics on it.
Yeah I know, I was eating lunch when it went crazy
If you dont mind me asking, what was eBay's cut of a seemingly large transaction?

It sounds they deserve every penny, for the support and consideration they gave you. (/sarcasm)
On Readability's Open Letter: It's not greed, it's narcissism
True, in American real estate, Tudor is about as meaningful a word for a time period as Pleistocene. You probably should have tagged it as Brit pedantry, we're used to not getting those jokes. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6hijsqO8H0 (Europe - where the history comes from.)
I'm not sure if I like cooking, or if I just like eating, but the former results in the latter and definitely enjoy that!

I like to cook just about anything. My taste prefernece has always been more to Latino style foods, so I tend to cook a lot fresh vegetables and such. I've really only started to enjoy cooking (used to hate it actually), so I'm still learning a lot.
I agree, there is no technical reasons that postgres could not be as easy or as good at scaling as Oracle. Someone just has to put the money and effort in.
As stated below, your general point is certainly true..

But what is the financial industry accomplishing today that they didn't accomplish 25 years ago? As far as I can see, the most useful innovation has been the ATM machine (which is indeed quite useful). The rest of it? Is the economy running better? Does the financial system allocate capital more effectively? If not, then why are they taking home so much more money?

I'm not going to argue that they're not smart -- they're plenty smart, I'm sure there are a lot of people in finance who are smarter than me. It just seems that those smarts have been applied towards rent-seeking and value extraction rather than "building things people want".
We also applied recently. Good luck ! We're not based in the US but are ready to move in a second if we get in this program.
I live in a 103-year old house which I am always careful to call a "Tudor Revival". Here in Seattle anything before 1900 is considered ancient.
That's just cruel, though.
Or you alter the reset itself so you don't have to override useless values.
What? Offer your app for Android only, and charge whatever you want.
There are universities which really combine programming with the humanities in an integrated study.

One that comes to mind is the University of Groningen in The Netherlands with the Information Science study they're offering:

"Information science is the branch of science that deals with the storage, processing and analysis of large amounts of data. The study of Information Science in Groningen focuses on information relevant to Arts: text, historical data and communication data.

During your studies you deal for instance with these questions:

* Can a computer perform automatic translation based on a large collection of examples?

* What is the best way to store historical data in a database?

* What are good ways for people to communicate with computers?

The study of Information Science in Groningen deals with theory, experiment and application."

http://www.rug.nl/let/onderwijs/afdelingen/informatiekunde/i...

Personally I think it's very good that there are studies which don't look at IT/programming in 'just' (not meant negatively, just not able to find a better word at the moment!) in the Computer Science way.

There are of course also studies which combine IT and Business/MBA-like courses.

Good, broadly developed backgrounds to have when going job-hunting IMHO. :)
Wait.. I am new to all this US legal stuff. So because bank did not response to his letter, sheriff put bank building on sale? or I misunderstood article?
As a developer I made the decision a few years ago to move away from Apple's platforms because of their capriciousness, their extreme secrecy, and their lack of respect for their developers.

I don't know how people invest in their platforms, I'd be constantly scared that Apple would turn around and screw me over.
i don't understand the purpose of the article, or of your post. if the city has what it takes it will happen. if it doesn't it won't. everything else is conversation. that is how i look at it, what am i missing?
Ad Wars: Yahoo Wants A Pageview/Ad Stock Exchange
Yahoo has a new idea how pageviews could be monetized: Via futures contracts.
I think the moral of the story is: don't get an adjustable rate mortgage.
I'm surprised at ".NET languages" in #11, i.e. LINQ, F#, ironPython and ironRuby
There was this mention on the chromium-dev list last week:

beng and jeffreyc to find an engineering owner interested in prototyping compact nav on Windows

http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-dev/b...
Which skills are you practicing?
Once, when riding through a neighbor's land as a shortcut to a far piece of his own ranch, Theodore Roosevelt and some of his men came across a stray calf. The rules of the range were that any stray calf would be branded with the mark of whoever owned the land on which the calf was found, and everyone carried branding irons of his neighbor's for that purpose. Roosevelt built a fire, but one of his men put Roosevelt's brand on the calf. Roosevelt fired him on the spot. The man protested that he had put Roosevelt's brand on the calf, and Roosevelt replied "Any man who would steal for me would steal from me."
Announcing Mason 2
http://foulab.org/ is where most of the visible arduino work happens in Montreal, although I'm sure you know about that.

I think you're overestimating the amount of interested people have in Free Software/open source and Arduinos, though.
I appreciate that, but my point is more that the assertion that reality has a nature at all is dogmatic. This may be an issue more with your description than the actual teachings, though, which is fine. I'm not saying anything is worthless here. :)
So they can log in as a different user?

So they can use the back arrow and go to the page they at before login redirected them?

I found Drupal's hiding of the login page once I was logged to be truly annoying on a site I regularly visited (till it was apparently changed recently).
FPGA Digital Oscilloscope
Ruby is a language that encourages developing internal DSL's for a lot of problems. Having different syntaxes for the same thing gives you more flexibility in defining DSL's. For instance, the "f[:ruby]" form lets you define DSL's that intermix procs and hashes. The "f.(:ruby)" form is probably the new standard shorthand, but the explicit "f.call(:ruby)" is clearly there for backwards compatibility.

If you want a language where there's only one way to do it, I think there's a language with that exact motto.
Frame accurate video now in WebKit
A rule isn't a rule until it's enforced. Apple has effectively changed the rules after tricking companies like Amazon and Netflix to develop software for the App Store, which was – until now – a mutually beneficial arrangement.
Convincing Programmers They Want To Use Lisp
+1 ;)

I always carry duct tape, WD-40, swiss army knife, another knife, lighter, a spare CAT-6 net cable. Also recently I started to carry those small bags with sugar that they give in coffee shops. Funny thing is, that run into situations where duct tape is needed almost on daily basis. It's like the "when only thing you have is a hammer..." effect, but in a positive way. Opportunities to fix/hack things find you all the time ;).
ok thats hilarious, well done sir
Banshee, Canonical and how to earn an honest living in open source
Oh, there was no mention of this statement being just web servers.

I'd think that across the server market as a whole that Windows had won that one.

Every organization I come across seems to have a small percentage of Linux servers, but Windows dominates. I'd be pleasantly surprised if the facts had it the other way around.
In the same situation except I went the community college route and just recently transferred to a CSU, as it's all my parents can afford. My situation's a bit different because I'm only a Caltrain ride away from SF, but I understand how you feel.

If you stay in college, figure out a way to bend every assignment into something that you can show off as part of your resume/portfolio.

The "social experience" of college is way overrated IMO. All the cool, smart, motivated people I've ever met in my life either already graduated or dropped out. You certainly don't need to be in college to make friends in your peer group, so don't stay based on that.

On the other hand, general ed classes have a way of exposing you to ways of thinking you might not otherwise encounter if pursue only what you think you're passionate about, and in my opinion, the maturing of my thought processes has made college worthwhile.

YMMV. Either way it'll be an adventure. Enjoy it!
> What other place can you get a more dramatic scene when you finally tell your parents: “Mom, Dad: I’ve decided to quit school & work, and move to hollywood to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming an actor”. Change Hollywood with “Chicago, New York, London, Tokyo, Paris” and it just doesn’t have the same effect.

I would argue that New York does have nearly the same cachet for actors as Hollywood. Just because you're going to become an actor doesn't mean you're going to do film or TV. Chicago's Second City has also helped develop the careers of lots of famous comedians. (I know London has a thriving theater scene as well, but can any Brits comment on whether going to London to become an actor is a "thing" in the UK?)

What this metaphor might mean for startups is that there may be room for another startup hub or two, although with a different focus from Silicon Valley (perhaps non-web?), but probably not more than one or two.
There is a distinction between rights and contracts. There is a natural right to life, liberty, and property. There is not a natural right to the terms of a specific contract. This is Common Law 101.

One of the natural rights protected by the Common Law is the right to enter into contracts and have the terms of those contracts enforced in a court of law. But a contract cannot abrogate a natural right, or such contract is null and void. Thus you cannot enter into a contract to take the life of another person.
This is awesome. I've been playing with the openkinect and OpenNI drivers, and it gets pretty painful.
The trick is to get in, make your money, and get out before Apple decides it wants in on your territory.
This feels more like a good marketing attempt by TinyGrab than the real deal.

Are you saying their analysis is wrong and the new terms of the Apple store will permit their app?

This is an honest question, I totally don't understand Apple's development and distribution model.
Whenever a candidate can't get it on their own, I give progressively better hints until they come close. This helps you gauge how many hints they need in comparison to other candidates and it moves the process forward.

Then move onto a different topic or skill. No one is good at everything or experienced in all fields. Plenty of candidates will do poorly on one question and then nail the next.
Proc#=== allows you to do this:

def multiple_of( n )
lambda{ |x| x.modulo( n ).zero? }
end

case 10
when multiple_of( 3 ):
puts "3!"
when multiple_of( 4 ):
puts "4!"
when multiple_of( 2 ):
puts "2!"
end

Basically you can now run code when checking case equality (===).
I don't cook much, but I love to eat.
Ask HN: How many people did you talk with before you felt an idea was validated?
If you've started a company or created a product, in the very initial stages where you were drawing up the core features required, how many people did you earnestly talk with (e.g. surveys, interviews, etc.) before you knew (A) the idea is valid and (B) these are the features people want that relate to my idea?
You're right, I'm not saying that these don't happen. I'm saying that you're focusing on all the things that are wrong with the valley and ignoring all the good things about it. That's no better than being one of the people who pick out all the good and ignore the bad.

Silicon Valley is a good place to live and work. Is it overhyped? Sure. But that by itself doesn't make it a bad place.
Ask HN: HOW did YOU learn to program?
Did you read a book? If so, which?

Pick it up as you went?

Another way? Do tell.
Clean up you act Social Media impact on Job Search
Do you know which developer in UW2 was responsible for the Servant Strike bug? That glitch wasted 6 weeks of my life! I recently started playing UW2 again through Dosbox, using a character editor written in 1994 to change save files is humbling.

I would read a book or 10 full of these old-school game developing anecdotes.
Can physicians become tribal leaders?
My understanding is that yes, Apple wants them to.
So, how long until Cydias app-store becomes the de facto app-store for subscription services?
The Tech Bubble is really a Ponzi scheme
Answer to the first one is no, because you don't get their service in the app.
How many requests does it take to start caching?
>internet bots could end up becoming much better "people" than real people. Which is very strange.

http://xkcd.com/810/
Ask HN: System Admin/Security Admin jobs in Ottawa, Ontario?
Hi everyone,

I'm wondering if anyone has any information on system admin jobs in the Ottawa, Ontario region. I'm looking for short-term/long-term contract work.

I am proficient in high availability systems, data center deployment, system security and user management. To list a few things.

Frankly, the job market here seems to be sparse and job postings for system admins, non-existent. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks HN!
Sorry, but I'm not going to show any respect for an industry that drove off a very predictable cliff, and what's worse is still in denial about their losses.

Call me once they accept that they made millions of loans they shouldn't have made and accept that the losses are as much theirs as the homeowners.

And when they follow their own damn procedures, which they're still showing no sign of doing.

Then we'll see about some respect.
Google to Circumvent Domain Names?
> You should show more respect to what other people do.

Only if they do something useful, in a reasonably efficient manner. Can you truly say that most of the financial sector operates this way?

True, some of IT is also run by selling deliberately crappy software. But only some, and that's not an excuse for other industries.
A highlight is not an empty comment, but an effort to improve usability by highlighting key elements.
Honestly, none. The first 10 customers I had helped to validate it.
I started at age 21 in my first year of university. I did 6 months introduction to C as part of my Batchelor in Mechatronic Engineering - and I was hooked from day 1 :)
Here (in Quebec) the title of "software engineer" or "computer engineer" is regulated like any other professional engineer, ie. you need a bachelor's degree in computer or software engineering, which is a year longer than CS and includes stuff like engineering economics or analytical and numerical solving of differential equations, and two to three years of experience working under a professional engineer's supervision. Microsoft actually had some trouble with us:
http://www.microsoft.com/canada/learning/quebecmcse/default....

I think it's a good thing. We still have regular programmers, and the word "engineer" actually means something.

Still, the level of competence is far from that of surgeons. It's possible to do a bachelor's with fairly little programming: at least where I studied, most courses include a large portion of teamwork, and I'm sure quite a few teammates passed their course thanks to me (or other people) doing all the work. When they graduate or enter internships, they just do the less technical work, like evaluating software packages, testing, or reading bids. I don't think you could find surgeons who can't operate like you can find engineers who have trouble with fizzbuzz.
Jail-breaking and third-party software sources are beyond the reach of most consumers.

If you think that's something most consumers would desire and are incapable of achieving, then go into business jailbreaking iPhones. You can install an app store while you're at it.

I think Apple should be forced to allow third party App Stores.

Again, they can't stop you. Open up a brick-and-mortar store where you jailbreak iPhones and put your own app store on the iPhone. Sell kits online.

I honestly believe the most useful analogy is a 'marketplace'

What does 'marketplace' even mean? If you're selling stock on the NYSE, someone's collecting vig. If you're selling consumer goods at a mall, someone's collecting rent. If you're selling something on Amazon, they're collecting vig. How does calling it a 'marketplace' support your argument when just about every privately owned 'marketplace' involves someone collecting vig?

- however, if this is accepted, perhaps Apple's policies seem more disagreeable than they do if 'tv station' or 'magazine' is used as a comparison. Maybe this is why Apple's supporters seem unkeen to make the comparison?

Apple supporter? I am an Android phone owner who is keen to know why you don't buy an Android device, and write apps for it.

What this all boils down to is that consumers are perfectly capable of escaping lock-in and installing whatever software for which they can get a license. However, they both trust Apple's imprimatur enough and value individual apps lowly enough that they don't. Consumers don't want <app> enough to venture outside of Apple's convenient payment and discovery service. You are attempting to disguise this reality by saying that Apple restricts the consumer's choice, but this is a canard. <App> is simply not compelling enough for most consumers to jailbreak their phones, or buy Android, to get it.
Less than 4x earnings, so please no "bubble" talk, folks.
This didn't have anything to do with adjustable rates. Read it again.
Hear hear. I didn't talk to anyone before starting Decal CMS - I just sold the same thing a few times then made a product out of it.

The best idea is one you can sell to customers today then generalise later to a scalable business model.
HR doesn't attract great talent. I know, because I almost ended up in a career in HR (I hope it's not too presumptuous to consider myself great talent).

I was genuinely interested in learning about how organizations can improve performance through a focus on people. That's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations (which is regarded by many as the best HR program in the world though most students don't end up going into HR). I also interned in HR for two summers at a medium sized company.

After a lot of HR classes and two summers in a 5-person HR office, I was certain that HR was not for me. It's a field that has the potential to be interesting and have a major effect on businesses, but in practice HR is boring (except for the fact that you hear all of the company gossip first) and generally ineffective.

The truth is that most of the important stuff that could fall under HR is taken on by managers and executive leadership. The HR department gets the administrative stuff.

When I started thinking about my future, I realized that HR couldn't take me anywhere else. My best possible outcome would be a role as VP of HR or doing some sort of HR consulting. It wasn't for me—I wanted to be closer to the business.

The odd thing is that I really enjoyed my classes and internships. I got to work on exciting stuff. But I knew that it wouldn't get any better. There was nothing to look forward to.
I found Minilight yesterday. It is both more and less than a ray tracer, being a global illumination renderer. It was created as an exercise to learn new languages. Its creator has implemented it in C, Scheme, Scala, C++, OCaml, Lua, Ruby and Flex 2. Others have implemented it in Python, Java, F#, C#, and Clojure.

http://www.hxa.name/minilight/
Montreal is literally and figuratively half-way between North America and Europe.

Either I'm really bad at geography, or it's only figuratively and not literally.
I don't actually find that too surprising. Microsoft did basically the same with the Surface SDK.
He doesn't spend much time visiting Reddit anymore - except to submit articles saying he doesn't.
One of the things that isn't mentioned well on the website is the Internet connection in the space. It's 50mb down by 5mb up. This service hasn't even been rolled out to cable customers in NC yet, pretty cool. I might move my office to Main Street in Durham for a few weeks to get work done a little bit faster.
As an app developer this is great news... can't wait to see some of the innovative uses that come out of this. The demo video released earlier this week of kinect/windows phone 7 integration was a great first step.
'They' can't really refer to a person whose identity is known, though. At least, not for me. It feels wrong.
How does one effectively combine Ruby with Git for source control?
Wisconsin Power Play
LOVE IT. It's what keeps my relationship with my woman strong. Life is too short to not enjoy tasty, healthy food.

I cook whatever satisfies my palate, which primarily revolves around meat and veggies. But how can you pass on a good cheesecake or burger recipe?
Dup: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2229833

Many, many comments there.
> A lot of companies just can't afford to have a group of users who cost the same as everyone else but only bring in 70% as much revenue.

True, but it now seems like those who can are going to be the companies who succeed on iOS. It's sad to say it, but this is another situation where companies will need to adapt or die.
Datamining hip-hop
I can say on #2 that clients I've worked with aren't specifically thinking of LOC/hour, but they do want people who are able to be reasonably productive. Everyone's definition of reasonable is different (obviously). Looking at, say, a 50 line block of code, I'd certainly prefer to know if it took someone a couple of days to arrive at that solution vs, oh, say, 18 months.

Not everyone works at the same speed, but for certain types of problems and industries, knowing that you can put out reasonable quality work in a reasonable amount of time helps people get an idea of how to plan out other parts of the project.

I'd rather know someone can do fizzbuzz in a few minutes vs 8 hours.
Innovation is a positive externality of commerce. Consumers, like your mother, will often choose to buy software which functions well but stifles innovation. GPL exists precisely to correct for this externality.
The collateral damage? They're making out just fine, what do they care about a handful of app developers?

Maybe this will be the one that gets developers to realize this is not a sustainable game they are playing with Apple, by Apple's rules, in Apple's world.
There is a link the article to the study he mentions: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-mindfulness-meditation-b...
I was 9 and I stood in a department store in Berlin. I remember nothing interested me in this building filled with products, except a C64. Shortly after some failed attempts to type something into the interpreter, I started reading on the BASICs. From then on it was mainly read-trial-error-read.