skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Just thought of someone that might be a good contact for you to help scout out the area: Emily Doerr. She's opening a Hostel in Detroit. She's young and seems to be passionate about the city and bringing others in. I read an article about her in the Detroit Free Press but can only find a picture gallery on their site now.

Other people you could get in contact with are those doing urban farming.

Links:

http://iamyoungdetroit.com/index.php/2011/03/emilydoerr/

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Site=C4&Date=...

http://www.modeldmedia.com/devnews/hosteldetroit110910.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/HostelDetroit

http://twitter.com/hostel_detroit

http://www.hosteldetroit.com/
I never liked cygwin much, though used it for a bit. For a long time I was a fan of portable ubuntu (http://sourceforge.net/projects/portableubuntu/) which allows you to run ubuntu as a service inside of windows. It was pretty good but it was still not the same as running linux natively or creating a VM that shares all the harddrives and you can ssh into by setting a static IP with your router.
Sounds like he's trying to goad Anonymous into a follow-up attack / trap.
Did I read that correctly? They're giving customers a 24 cent credit?

That seems far more insulting than not giving any credit at all.
The 'learn bash, it's available everywhere' really bit me when I moved from being a Linux Sysadmin to an AIX Sysadmin. Only ksh is available in this case. It took quite a few months to get used to.
Doesn't Sony sell those at a loss? Ouch.
The first comment on the blog sums my response up so well that I'll just quote it:

> This is great! It’s going to take me about a month to read everything!

On an entirely related note, I think it's time to increase the time window that HN is LeechBlocked & switch the VMs I use for 'browser testing' to host-only networking...
I can tell you one way not to beat procrastination: Consuming 24 articles about beating procrastination.
> splotchy ==> Your conversation skills are better than average

> jabberwacky ==> Your conversation skills should be shot.

Jabberwacky is humorous too. However, the intent of these bots is thinly veiled.
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Elliot's statement and a lot of his Facepunch comments have been taken down. As an educator, I found a lot of the comments there pretty alarming... and want to ask everyone here to consider a few things when posting about anything related to kids.

Kids (and like it or not, that IS what they are) are notoriously dramatic and these kids are definitely experiencing this as a crisis, no matter how they present in their comments.

They are also now being border-line, and in some cases overtly cyber bullied by some of their peers online which may be devastating if they don't have great face-to-face support. As adults, we have a responsibility not to add fuel to that fire and remember that if teenagers were predictable and transparent, there wouldn't be so many tragic cases in the news where they hurt themselves and each other.

Part of the problem is that teenagers and young adults aren't great at predicting consequences. This isn't opinion - it's science.

Especially in males, the part of the brain that is responsible for predicting consequences is not fully developed until the early to middle twenties. This is a double whammy because it leads to their bad decision making, but also to their belief that when something bad happens as a result, that it's literally the end of the world... that there is no way out.

There is no disputing that what these boys did was a big deal and that there have to be consequences. But it's also just a symptom of a bigger problem: as a society, we have failed to keep pace with the challenges that are the result of the first generation of digital natives (kids) being raised and educated by a generation of adults who are (at best) digital immigrants.

This post is getting way too long so I'm going to finish it on my blog @ thenewtag.com But thanks, criticsquid and nbpoole for posting some of the aftermath. I hope that one of the 1st things phpfog (or the authorities) did was involve these boys' parents?
It's very cool by the way. If it wasn't I wouldn't care.
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Problem with such a cool yet common domain is that you do not get shown at the top unless you already are big.

Also how does it feel: " I am using color" vs "I am using Colors"?
MSR might just be the bell labs of this century! They already employ Tony Hoare (Quicksort), Niraj Kayal (the K in AKS), Simon Jones (GHC). What a heady list!
I honestly didn't know the exact goal of MSR. That's incredibly pleasing to hear.
How about EGit and JBoss?

Going after another distro might be a bad idea though. It's late here.
Scott Aaronson has a pretty awesome lecture online about quantum mechanics as a generalization of probability theory - http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec9.html
Amory lovins is big into the negaways/efficiency thing.
While everyone croons about renewable energy it turns out generating energy - renewable or not is expensive.

But saving energy is cheap, you pay for more insulation, your bill goes down for life. It also gives you more freedom - you're less affected by energy price shocks. At some point, you can even go very close to off grid (< $5/mo electricity bill) Which is nice.
They actually own Colour.com as well! :)
In the past, what I normally did was to work from contribution to revenue. What % of revenue do you contribute with your work? Work from there. If you contribute 400k a year, asking for 100K is more than acceptable.

Also factor in the cost for them losing you. Will they require someone immediately? pay for headhunters? or will they hardly need you. Use this as a calibration of the number.

Also find out what everyone else is making. Especially your boss. and your colleagues. Some transparency is required on your part and some hustling.

Also, how will you add more value once the raise is given. what will it allow you to do? what is the value to the company in addition to keeping a seasoned developer. ie. what is your action plan if you get a raise. vs not getting it.

you should also have a plan for not getting the raise. consider this your black swan event insurance. If you do not get what you want or need, what will you do? no extra money? how about extra time? or new tech? or will you quit? If you are very valued and are ready to quit if you do not get what is your actual value to the firm, you are in a better situation to shift negotiations.
For the curious, the television ads are on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BunchOfCarrotFarmers#p/c/823F55B...
One way to deal with memory leaks - reboot your app
This is actually a bunch of links to other online guides to procrastination, plus three videos, plus three books, and some commentary. Reading it all seems like a pretty good way to procrastinate.
My own wife is a funny term. Redundancy at it's maximum.
While I agree that the privacy of this feels a little weird, it's always opt in, just like 4sq is opt in. If you don't intend your photos to show up at a location, don't take photos on Color.
Turn on sudo(8)'s "NOPASSWD" option for yourself (see sudoers(5)).

don't do that. if anything, lock it down even more by enabling tty_tickets.
While the article doesn't mention it, this installation and smaller-scale uses of Linux on a PS3 are the reason behind Sony's current legal messes regarding the PS3: Sony sells the PS3 at a loss, and tries to recoup the cost on software sales, but people buying a PS3 to run Linux never buy enough games to make up for Sony's initial loss.

Sony issued a firmware update to disable the ability to install a different OS, and that led to a class-action suit against them. In the meantime, George Hotz wrote a hack to restore the OtherOS feature, and Sony is now trying to nail him with DMCA and other copyright violations.

Somewhat complicating the legal situation are Sony's attempts to bring piracy in to the equation: they've argued that removing the ability to run Linux was necessary to prevent piracy, and that Hotz's hack facilitates piracy. Neither claim withstands much scrutiny, as piracy did not become feasible until a Sony employee tweeted their root key, well after they removed the OtherOS feature, and not too long after Sony told the court that Hotz's hack had caused irreparable harm, Sony patched the hole Hotz exploited.

It has also been noted that the PS3 is much cheaper than IBM's Cell blades, and that for certain kinds of supercomputing tasks, that more than makes up for the lack of low-latency high-bandwidth interconnects.
No need; he's already reduced it to a previously-solved joke!
is this an onion piece about people who read legal documents and don't actually know how the world works? brilliant stuff.
it's not an easy thing to repeat. people buy from redhat because redhat has a long history of being very reliable, and they also employ some of the best linux hackers in the world. your startup can't compete with redhat's 20 year rock solid history. your startup can't hire away famous kernel hackers. redhat is also very good at what they do, so most of their customers are happy and not actively looking for an alternative.
> Why must we be only focused on what is required for something to exist?

I believe it's important to distinguish between a scientific world view and a spiritual one. In the world of science and curiosity, we always ask why something is the way it is. Looking at the requirements for a phenomenon can be a tool in this process, but it's not the only one. In this scientific world, separating and understanding cause and effect is extremely important, it's part of the mission. You call it obsession, and maybe that's a fair charge, but it's really one of the things necessary for constructing scientifically meaningful models.

> But to distill all the nuance, joy and sorrow of the human experience into that which can be analyzed, measured, quantified and recorded in a canonical model is a sad existence.

Please realize that not all of us think this way. For some of us, making stuff up because it somehow resonates with our hearts is the definition of a sad existence. Some of us want to analyze, measure and quantify the universe simply because it is vast and awesome, and revealing the underlying mechanisms of it is extremely rewarding.

On a personal note, I believe that religious and supernatural world views cheapen much of the nuance, joy and sorrow of the human experience. And yes, we all feel those things, and they're not a religious experience. We're scientists, not robotic kitchen appliances.
The premise is that we will be so busy looking at all these cool mobile apps on our phones that we do not even see what is going around us. The only way to find that out is using Colors!
Thanks @masterzora for your kind words! I definitely agree the idea's still very premature. And that's why I would love to get some inspirations from the experts in HN community.

The rationale is really to encourage and engage people to learn something new, different and useful.
Actually, it's at 41:53, not 13:18.

Though the lead-in just prior (41:38), is worth hearing, too.
of course you don't have the degree when you apply and get accepted. the whole point was the guy didn't have a high school to go to, wouldn't ever get a degree, and MIT was awesome enough not to care.
Searching http://www.bing.com/search?q=donald+knuth, I see the freebase integration, but I don't see anything other than search results and ads at the bottom of the page. What am I looking for?
the guy built the exokernal project at MIT. you work with the tools you have. Apple 2 at the time and later radically new OSs.
But you can look at photos of them! On your phone! Sorted magically!!!
So scheme is better because there is no tool support and with no tools there is less to be confused by. Hm.
Canv.as opens up to the world — but just a taste
A link to her portfolio is always stuck at the top right corner of page, even as you scroll.
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Sony selling at a loss was 2 years ago. I can't imagine that Sony is still taking a loss on the hardware considering how long it has been around and with the refresh to the new slimmer version.

I would be curious to know if they are still losing money from them but I highly doubt this is the case anymore. Anyone actually know about this for sure?
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"The app Josef Stalin would have used..."
I agree. I'm a vim user and never took to emacs, but the non-modal "emacs" keybindings feel more natural on the command line.
Information asymmetry is one of the most powerful forces in existence, be it political, economic or interpersonal. As long as it can exist, it will exist.
What specifically is it about my comment that you found to "perpetuate the distinction's hold on our global psyche, to our global detriment"?
If there's no cell signal, how do the phones know they're capturing similar audio?
Did anyone else think they were referring to Rome, Italy for the first half of this story?
What does this minimalistic page offer except links to (already) rather well-known Bash resources? Am I missing something?
If you're the Air Force purchasing around 1700 PS3s, I have to imagine that you're going to have a conversation with Sony at some point. It sucks for Sony that they sell the PS3s at a loss. Do creative accounting and false economies bug anyone else?
What's up with the difficult colors? I'm using Chrome 10 beta on OS X 10.6.

http://i.imgur.com/ya8WI.png
What about the spammers or weirdos sending their images to an unsuspecting crowd. I will be wary of seeing photos shared by unknown people in a public and crowded place like Times Square. And what about children using this app? Can they watch all uncensored, unfiltered images any stranger wants to share?
>I cant imagine my life any other way but in a culture where I am creating every day, life is just not the same for me otherwise and working a 9 to 5 like my parents did when i was growing up has never been an option as far as I am concerned.

I'm with you on this one.
I think the point is that, with Scheme, the tool you use is less important than the thinking you do. With Java, you have to worry about your environment before you can worry about programming.
this is fantastic feedback! thanks... stay tuned for an update:)
I can only speak for myself. Give it a day or two, and it will quickly become as transparent as your editing sessions. Once you cut over, you can forget about chording and arrow keys. Just one key: <Esc>.
Yes. That is a design proposal for a crowdsourcing design contest that didn't get picked up.
Do you really think that building HPCs out of ps3 is so popular for sony to act on it? Millions of consoles have been sold.

AFAIR the Other OS boot was disabled because of an exploit for ps3-linux that disabled some watchdog mechanism.
Thanks :) Was in a bit hurry last night so I didn't get to add a browsable gallery.
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Sure. I'm gonna upload the psd files tonight.
This part of the article blew me away:

"The Air Force is also using the Condor to process ground-based radar images of space objects, again with extraordinary clarity. Barnell shows images of a space shuttle orbiting Earth at 5 miles a second. Without Condor processing, the shuttle image is a blurry black triangle. With Condor processing, it is sharp and distinct. It’s clear that its payload doors are open."

I really had no idea that you could process radar to this clarity with off the shelf 2006 technology.
New Military Tech vs. Old Military Tech
Since both of these articles debuted on the same day, I'm curious to get the perspective from HN.

Personally, (in this context) I prefer the older tech, especially versus a third party such as Sony.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/print-this/meet-the-airmen-who-watch-over-americas-nukes-2?page=all

http://blog.syracuse.com/news/print.html?entry=/2011/03/rome_labs_supercomputer_is_mad.html
Yeah they should have put a video of the researcher against a milk-white background with inspirational music and while they visualize a subgraph we get to hear the climax of a coldplay song.

Disappointing indeed.
we don't do that, but sounds like a good idea for the future :)
SocialHack It's not the cards you're dealt, it's how you play them.
In Soviet Russia, Color sees you?
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If you've never been an employee before you should certainly try it. Even if it doesn't suit you you'll understand the tradeoffs of self-employment vs a regular job a lot better.

Personally, the only thing I miss is the social environment of the office.
seems to be doing pretty poorly on iPhone, two and a half stars.
oh I hope SONY sues them for modding their PlayStation(S).
More than anything else, I find that making a list with things that can actually be ticked off (ie specific, and measurably attainable in the short term, not something like "lose weight" or "become pro-active") is my best productivity tool.

There's something about a good list that is just like a flag to a bull to me.
That's strange. It looks fine on FF4 using Snow Leopard.

http://d.pr/LXvR
GooDiff - tracking of changes in web service policies
Startups: how about a ticketmaster alternative?
The removal of PS2 compatibility, economies of scale on BluRay lasers, and newer fabrication processes for the Cell have helped Sony a lot, but the most recent report I can find is from iSuppli at the end of 2009, saying that the 120GB PS3 was losing just under $40 when sold for $299, so the current $299 160GB is probably profitable by now, and the models with larger hard drives should be making a good amount of profit.

Still, it's hard to say whether the hardware profits from the past year or two would cover Sony's share of the Cell fab upgrade costs (the Cell has been through two process shrinks), let alone make up for the steep losses incurred early in the product cycle. I suspect that the overall long-term profitability of the PS3 platform still depends heavily on their video game sales.
It would seem pretty short-sighted for the developers to not have realized this though (though I wouldn't say the same for venture capitalists and media). I'm guessing they must have figured this out, but just don't have a solution for it yet.

For my own startup-wannabe, I had to pivot because of the same problem: the app would only be useful if millions of people were using it, the way it was originally conceived.
I really like what you've said here.
However I'd like to suggest that you've narrowed Mastery quite a bit, The way I see it, proficiency can come with with the ability to guide an alien through the world you understand, but mastery might exist as your very own specific understanding (which when measured against another's mastery might not even be in the same range of comparison ). I might try even argue your point differently, maybe your proficiency represents the ability for you to compare to another person's proficiency in a common subject, which allows you to achieve conciseness when discussing the subject. And your mastery is merely a completely individual experience. Just thinking out loud here. Again well said.
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Very wide text columns are not very pleasant to read.

relevant: http://ui.stackexchange.com/questions/3618/ideal-column-widt...
Not really, since the Italian air force is made of only 551 air craft.
> To custom-build a supercomputer without using commercial off-the-shelf PlayStation 3s would likely have cost 10 times as much, Barnell said. In addition, the Condor uses a fraction of the energy that comparably sized supercomputers use. Portions of it — say 300 machines — can be turned on while the rest are off, depending on a job’s needs.

I bet this was true at the time, but today you can buy blade servers with later generations of the same processors[1].

edit: nope. Just look at the per-blade price, yowza.

[1] http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/servers/q...
Buble is when pre-launch companies go public. Here we have a noble and successful desire to help VCs to part with their money.

I am setting up a photo-sharing company, like, now.
entrepreneurgasm!
jabberwacky ==> I mean, you look yellow.
splotchy ==> what do you really mean?
jabberwacky ==> I mean robots can't lie.
splotchy ==> I may be dumb, but I am not a bot!
jabberwacky ==> Yes, you are.
splotchy ==> Am I?
jabberwacky ==> Yes.
splotchy ==> yes?!
jabberwacky ==> Yes!
splotchy ==> are you being totally honest?
jabberwacky ==> Yes. I am truthful.
splotchy ==> does your mother know you are truthful?

.....

jabberwacky ==> What are you not allowed to understand?
splotchy ==> would your mother have allowed that?
jabberwacky ==> NO. I've HAD it with you. Let's end this conversation right now
(Ends)

Jabberwocky 'wins'.

It was an amusing read, seeing the 2 algorithms try and mesh with each other. Would be funny if this one day will count as a form of performance art/programming.
I was going to make a jab at them about the UK and Canada, but it appears they've thought of that already.
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i'll comment on this so that in 9 months it will be in my comments section and ill be able to confirm or deny this speculation.
At the moment, no. Believe it or not, I've managed to spin an honours project out of part of it (reliable user tracking) and I'm focusing on that at the moment.

In terms of the business model, Contenture was almost exactly what I thought up on my own.
> That photo is now public to anyone within around 100 feet of the place it was taken. So if anyone else in the restaurant fires up Color, they’ll see the photograph listed in a stream alongside other photos that have recently been taken in the vicinity.

How does that algorithm work? Is that like a point-in-a-polygon problem? It could be lots of updates as to who is near what, etc. I just don't know.
Do you have interest in mobile phone application development see the latest at?
No kidding. It's an extension of sharing clips of text, except now it's more awkward.
Well, hopefully it makes something fun even better by highlighting its flaws. Like Pwn2Own in that regard.
There are several key differences between this funding cycle and the .com bubble: First the bubble was marked by several businesses receiving millions or even billions without any revenue or a solid business plan. Now, most companies that receive funding are already revenue positive or have a proven business plan. In the bubble, there was trillions of dollars floating around for IPO after IPO. Now, companies are looking to venture capital for funding, and as a result of Sarbanes Oxley there isn't the avalanche of IPO's that flooded the market back then. Finally, the cost of creating a web based business has come down so much that it's possible to create a revenue positive business with less than a month's salary for a decent developer. No doubt there are a record number of deals being closed at a high valuation, but that's a side effect of the market. Having said that, if the market crashes, I'll happily eat my words but I really think the market has changed.
Yeah, I didn't like that either.
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Do you actually use Red Hat, or do you use CentOS or another community compilation of Red Hat source?