skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
http://www.abac.edu/goldcard/Discount%2520listing.pdf

Scroll to the bottom.
Would putting the MP3 on your phone and playing it into the entrypads mic get you in as well? I'm picturing waling up to any apartment building, choosing an apartment number at random, and then just playing the MP3 when someone answers (or when voicemail picks up.)
I wouldn't go so far as to say unreadable, more like annoying. Hopefully he takes this into consideration for the book he's writing.
Self taught but heavily informed by my university studies (BS Math, BA's in History and Philosophy).
Its a combination:

-first CS degree, double major Associates
-2nd time at college studied both Molecular Biology and Bioinformation with CS bent
-rest self study
someone else is doing the editing, for good reasons =]
What about dropped out senior year of CS program to do startup?
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Or just press the digit at the begining of your voicemail.
CS+math from CMU. The OS class there is transformative; the other stuff is often good, but I wouldn't evangelize to anyone to take anything other than the OS class. It's been rumored that people have been hired because they passed OS; passing might be an exaggeratedly low bar, but it's in that ballpark.
On the flipside, I gravitate towards services that don't require much support (I have never actually needed support from Amazon AWS, and the only time I talked to 1&1 was when there was a hardware failure, and really only notifying them was my entire involvement). If you are going to have support, for the love of God charge for it: 99% of people using cloud services don't really know what they are doing, are going to want a ton of support and are probably going to insist on trying your platform for free. Companies that know what they are doing know that that has to be paid for somehow, and it is coming out of their margins, which sucks.
This could be useful someday..
Ask HN: Our big competitor wants to merge with us. What should we do?
Hello HN, I am a startup founder and we have a very strong technical & design team. We
have been able to build a very useful product which is different and better than any of
our competitors' offerings in an otherwise crowded market. We haven't launched our product
yet but we have received extremely good feedback from our private alpha users.

Today we got an offer from one of our competitors, a very well known VC-backed company in
the market. They are interested in a merger since they believe we have better execution
capabilities and they have a great brand.

They have a lot of users and have a decent revenue rate.

In my opinion this could be a double edged sword for us since culturally we are very different
from that company. At the same time, this offer is very tempting because potentially we can make
it very big together.

I am soliciting advice on this issue. FYI, we raised a decent seed round recently and investors
are quite interested in us.

PS - Throwaway account for obvious reasons.
You can do this a wee bit more securely than "Let anybody in", too. Ten minutes of work and you can give your script state, letting it do things like e.g. accept a text message or web interface request to let anyone in for the next ten minutes.

I was considering implementing Port Knocking 2.0 on my server(s) for giggles: permit SSH logins without a key for ten minutes after calling a number and keying in a password. (I have had to do emergency maintenance from net cafes before, which is unfun in the best of circumstances. Being unable to login just makes it even more unfun.)
Congrats! What exactly did you mean by "correct hiring mistakes" -- hire missing people, or did you change the team through deletion and replacement as well?

Very minor nit: Is the big red "feedback" floating button on the side something you think is generally the best way to deploy the product? (I mean, I can see why you'd emphasize it given that it is your own product, but it both occluded content and was visually distracting as I scrolled).
I'm getting ready to have a 1 year birthday on deleting mine.
Use git+github in the classroom
i have a slightly related question. hypothetically (definitely not about me), what's the quickest way to get a computer science degree if you are entirely qualified for it and the classes are useless? do you have to suffer the system just to get a degree?
Why is Nevada so particularly bad?
BS and MS in Computer Science - MS concentration was AI, though if I could go back and do it again I'd do theory instead, and take maybe half as many AI classes and an extra graphics class or two.
It's not rare for the WLAN subsystem to be accessed though an ethernet device name.
"At Quora, I (and many others) typically work 60 or more hours per week; other startups I've talked to often expect similar (and sometimes even more grueling) schedules."

I don't want to work at Quora. No matter how motivated, how engaged and how excited I am to do something I know what lack of balance does to your life. I consider myself successful only if I have that balance.

No matter how rich or "successful" someone is I think of them as a failure if they don't have the things that come with a balanced life.
I've solicited feedback for RunFatBoy.net directly from Amazon. I always ask them specifically what they don't like about the site. I also make a statement along the lines of

"It's OK to be negative; I am looking to improve my site and any criticism is welcome. You actually have a chance at a bonus if your criticism helps to improve my site."

Sadly, some people need permission or an incentive before they feel comfortable giving an honest answer.
I want to, but it's hard to make an artificial test for this. You need to have a dataset that's larger than available ram and a read queue that follows real life access patterns but also uses different enough data to force disk reads to happen.

If the theory checked out I would go ahead and implement it - but the theory says it would be slower.
There are some great reasons due to memory fragmentation and other issues to reboot your systems every two or three days anyway. Plus, if you pride yourself on having failover, DR systems, etc, rebooting lets you know that your failover systems are working.
Without scales or legends, one cannot tell if the range is from "great to good" or "good to bad".

I would be interested in seeing the same information normalized to other countries or at least given some solid numbers.
Make this an option, escrow if requested.
OR just surf someone's couch at www.couchsurfing.org
It's silly stuff like this that keeps me away from Django. The members of its community are too easily offended.

Wordpress names its releases after the last names of famous Jazz musicians. They apparently have done this for the past 7 releases. Nobody knew, nobody cared. We all just called it "Wordpress".

The only people who will call this release "Reinhardt" are the uber-techies who actually care about version names. Everyone else will just call it WordPress like they always have.

You guys are named "Django". Nobody is going to confuse you with WordPress. The uber-techies know better, and nobody else cares.
My sentiments exactly.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1816884
I'm not sure if this is going to be relevant to you but it popped into my head whilst reading through the comments and in particular your note about speech to text.

Have you ever heard of live scribe?

http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/

It's this cool pad thing where the paper is timecoded. You write on the paper, and draw, with a special pen, and it records sound along with the time code. If you're familiar with Serato Scratch Live it's a similar concept to that - basically taking a "real world" interface and semi-digitising it using some form of time encoding.

Speech to text is HARD and what's worse is inaccuracies in a medical field could result in some really serious consequences (misdiagnosis, improper dosage, incorrect medication being prescribed etc.)

Doctors are pretty used to shorthand, and also my understanding is they quite often have a typist for dictations - perhaps an alternative to speech to text is to record speech by proximity in time to what has been typed. That way they could be saying something, take minimal notes but have a sound file linked to those notes. That way they can elaborate on the notes later if required, but also if they go back to their notes and can't remember what the hell they meant when they wrote "PKR instead", they can touch "PKR instead" to hear what they were saying at that time in the conversation, and fastfoward, rewind to get the context.
But "Reinhardt" is not, and that is what matters.
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Wow congrats! I had one news story go particularly viral and drove 20K uniques in a day, handled just fine with our VPS. I'm not sure what kind of traffic Mashable sends (20K? 100K? More?). Seems like you made the switch to Rackspace though, so I'll definitely keep an eye out for more coverage. Exciting stuff.
What about their recent changes to billing models? Do the doctors pay your $99 fee through the iPad's in app purchasing?
I put CS, but it is really Computer Engineering. My uni has to be weird about their naming, so I have to explain, however.

* There are three options: CS, CE Hardware Specialization, and CE Software Specialization. I am doing the third.

* Everybody takes the same 300-level courses. Two quarters of theory, comparative programming languages, and a hardware class. (You end that one by building a MIPS processor in Verilog.) They are doing a curriculum change for the 300-level courses, however, so I do not really know how the new courses work.

* CS people basically can take any 400 level courses they want. Some people basically do what is required for CE students below, some do graphics/animation/games, and some do a mix.

* CE Hardware people have to take a handful of EE, the advanced hardware classes, and the hardware capstone. Basically no range of motion here.

* CE Software people have to take intro to EE, a software engineering course (or computer security, alternately), operating systems, networks, and a few 400 level electives (options include compilers, algorithms, distributed systems, and databases).

So CS is not much more theoretical than CE-Software; you just have more choices your senior year, and have to take a bit more liberal arts.
Ok, already at over 1K tweets and the top story (didn't notice until now). Looks like the traffic spike will be very big, once again great job!
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While I would also be quite irate if I was in your position, it does not sound like this can be blamed entirely on FB. My first parsing of "Make <your name> a Test Account" is that it means "the FB account with <your name> will be converted from a real account in to a test account".

Also,

> "To make a test account, register on Facebook as you normally would. Then, when logged in to the test account, go to this URL"

That also seems quite clear to me:
Create a test account
Log in to the test account
Click "Make <your name> a Test Account"

That being said, I do agree - this should have required more confirmation. This could have been avoided with a simple message box saying "Hold up, are you sure? <Your name> will no longer be a normal FB user. All <Your name's> friends will be deleted, and you will not be able to admin any apps. If you want a test account in addition to your normal account, you need to..."
I actually implemented this idea using Twilio almost a year ago and have been using it actively ever since. I give my close friends 4-digit PIN numbers to my condo. When someone dials my number in the directory, it first prompts them for a PIN. If they enter a valid PIN, it welcomes them by name (my friends love this) and unlocks the door. If they enter an invalid PIN or no PIN, Twilio rings my and both my roommates' cell phones and connects to whomever answers first.

I also can create one-time-use PINs and one-day-only PINs for parties or whatnot.

As an extra plus, I used to have a home phone because my intercom requires local phone numbers. Since I built my "doorman," I don't need it.
Computer engineer here (not to be confused with CS or EE!)... and your statement is dead on! Especially the polymath part... I'm a bit of an ambidextrous drummer who can play in any time signature - was pro up until last June (to work on my startup)! I haven't played since but I sense a strong correlation between my drumming skills and ability to think in patterns (as is required for computer/algorithm related work of course)... perhaps I should get back on the set. It may stir up the creative juices again.
The default assumption is that business implies objectivity and logic... at least that was my perspective as an engineer.

However, in practice it seems more often than not... lasting business leaders are highly disposed towards emotion (both towards themselves and others). Combine that with the fact that it's a small world when it comes to relevant leaders... and trading rationality for trust may not burn in the short term, but seems like a bad trade in the long run.
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It's not that bad, it's barely even optimized, too many keyword links and not enough unlinked mention of the keywords. This is amateur. Keyword density is way off.

If he did a page for each topic, then he'd be on the money. Heck, he isn't even keyword stuffing the description, the url, or H1 tags. Nor does he have any linked images w/ alt tags.
> In any case, I intend to take a printout to my next medical visit.

I'm sure doctors hate this. I'm of the opinion we should leave trained professionals to do their job.
Your wording is odd but this is a great point.

Software is rubbish across the consumer space: TVs, DVDs, home routers. To interact with, it feels like somebody has scraped some functions together in assembly to meet a broad requirement, and then left it as soon as they could get away with it.

I expect the projects are hardware-driven. The movers and shakers care about the hardware, and design this first. Then some hardware-oriented guy get the short straw and is told "build a software layer on this technology to fill these checkboxes". The result is the unresponsive, buggy, hard-to-use rubbish that we get in our consumer devices.

I think companies would need to take a different approach to device design to get around this.
Very true, but I was a little shocked to see how little of a software industry there actually is. Outside of embedded systems, there's a decent bit of B2B, but even in those more software oriented companies, programming is seen as an entry-level field to get promoted out of as quickly as possible, and a lot of projects are outsourced to India. This is probably related to the lack of 4-year CS programs in Japan - it's largely considered a vocational field, so you either go to Tokyo Tech, or learn English and leave the country.
Attaching code to scroll events will never be a good idea. Infinite scroll will never be a good idea.
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I can't be the only one who thinks these types of things are sketchy... possibly dangerous. (Craigslist killer(s) anyone?) Of course I'm not... so I wonder what kind of screening process goes on to prevent harmful intruders.

I googled a few combinations of the following keywords "airbnb couchsurfing safety precautions screening" (etc.) with no specifics. It looks like airbnb leaves safety entirely up to the participants.

I'm guessing the majority is based on ratings... so you end up with a bit of the chicken and egg scenario... so at first it would seem everyone's gotta take a bit of a risk.
This is only true up to a point - perhaps not when referring to instructions about how to interface with APIs or otherwise develop custom content for the site.

Indeed, people rarely read instructions - but sometimes they read them and misinterpret them, which is what I think happened here. I still think FB should make you confirm by clicking a button though, especially if there is no way to return your account to its normal state.
Mainly because if you're paying, you're paying too much. What you want to be doing is creating highly relevant content in PDF/word docs w/ links and then uploading them to forums. Can't nofollow a PDF/doc link :)
I doubt it. It's listening for the 9 tone on the other end and I think it can distinguish between the two.

This reminds me of a hack we did in my freshman dorm though... we cut the wire from a card reader to a washing machine and recorded the signal the reader sent. Then reconnected the card reader to the washer in parallel with an 1/8inch audio jack. The folks who were in the know would plug their iPod into the audio jack on the back of the washer, play the "free laundry" mp3, and get a free load of laundry.
I've thought about this - when I get time, I want to implement this into my system. Know someone is about to come over? Go ahead and let them in advance. Maybe even leave a message for them for the phone to read when they get there.
I am a couchsurfing member and have stayed and hosted a few people and have gone to the CS meetings and events. The community is extremely warm and generous and I've never met anyone who is sketchy let alone dangerous. Of course, you should follow a good screening process meaning checking their history on courchsurfing, looking for recommendations and checking for profiles of recommender.

I have met really nice people on CS and have actually dated a few people I met on courchsurfing. I would highly recommend it to everyone.
We tried to use something other than zlib once. The application needed to make a copy of a CD-ROM and compress the copy. This was back in the day when a couple gigs was a big hard drive, and 200 MHz was a fast CPU. We first tried zlib but it wasn't fast enough for the client. We looked around, and found another library, written by a graduate student, that was a lot faster. It didn't compress as well, but it was good enough for the client, given the speed. The only problem was it was under GPL, and no way was the client going to open source the application.

We contacted the grad student, and worked out a tentative deal to license the library for around $2k and started working out the details. Then he got all paranoid about Microsoft. Most of our products were Windows products--so what if Microsoft bought us? Would they end up with a Microsoft-wide site license for his library? He wanted to put into the contract terms that would terminate the license if our company changed ownership. Those kind of terms are tricky. Would we lose the license if we went public? What if one of the two major owners (who together owned about 99% of the stock) died and the stock went to their kids?

The CEO (who was one of those two owners) didn't have time to deal with that, said screw it, and told me to find something else.

So I went back to zlib, and put a slider in the ripper settings to control speed vs. compression. The implementation was to simply skip compressing some of the blocks when ripping. The slider controlled what percentage of blocks were compressed.

PS: ~12 years later, we're still owned by the same owner. Microsoft has not ever tried to buy us.
Interestingly, the dead tree option did not occur to me for a moment. Once it is printed, the problem almost goes away - you can do the publicity blitz, but also lodge the copy with the notary.

Wrt your second question, I am not sure - I think the latter. For something to be considered "prior art" I believe it has to be publicised.
If only there were some way to post an event invitation to all your friends in a medium they check regularly :P
Just wanted to say that this reference made my day. My grandfather introduced me to Archy several years ago, and I have yet to find anyone else that knows about him.

and so I don't get downvoted for a comment with no substance, if you don't get the reference, try googling "archy and mehitabel"
How did this make the front page?
yeah. very good deal. keept it up!
Danielle Morrill of Twilio shared something very similar to this on her blog back in June of 2010. One difference in her post is the fact that she set up different secret codes for various roommates.

Link: http://www.daniellemorrill.com/2010/06/how-i-built-a-multi-u...
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The first public release was on February 20, 1991, Python 0.9.0 (released to alt.sources).

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I think it's related to the idea that people are going to college for "training". I see the word 'training', implying blue collar vocational education, used a lot nowadays for supposedly university education. Someone will train you, meaning show you the reproducible steps for operating the machinery or replacing worn brakes. So a lot of people getting these degrees (regardless of country) are expecting to be shown what to do step by step, and that no design will be involved on their own part, given specifications they mechanically translate the specifications into working code.
I tweeted about mine when I built it: http://twitter.com/#!/caryme/status/10094156341
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They used the same gate system at my last apartment. It was pretty useless. I had two other roommates and guests would come over all the time, so my phone was always going off. I had a special ringtone when I got a call from the gate and when I heard it, I would just hit 9 reflexively without even thinking about it. I was surely not the only one in the complex to do this -- so if you wanted to get in all you had to do was dial one apartment after the other until somebody let you in without questioning you.
Sexually suggestive names notwithstanding, why don't you make this a blog aggregation platform?

Almost every blog in the world has RSS - why not make it "social RSS"?

I mean, there are already blogs around and many people put ads on their blogs and post links to reddit and HN and get an audience and whatnot.

What I'd like to be able to do is come to Phrot and submit a link to workingsoftware.com.au/rss and know that whenever I post a blog entry it'll go on the home page for people to see. Tagging would obviously be a good way to automate the categorisation, people could upvote and comment just as you have now and Phrot would become another source of "reactions" on the internet through backtype so I would still have that conversation hosted on my blog.

The people should be able to favourite bloggers they like, and plug the feed from Phrot into their favourite RSS reader, and share their favourites and have friends and all that sort of malarky that goes along with the most ridiculous internet buzzword of all time (social).

But forcing me to blog in Phrot won't work for me.

Oh, and while you're solving all my problems, another thing I've always wanted was a way to see what people i know or care about are saying - not a list of massive comments on a blog but just like a chat room that spans the entire internet (not sure if Disqus already does this - if they do it's not particularly obvious but they sure as hell should I reckon!).
Personally, I agree, but on the other hand, Hideo Kojima has been quoted as saying that Japan has lost to western developers.
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