skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, the Nook Color is essentially an android tablet. Along with eBooks, book store, and web browsing, it has an "Extras" area which currently features a limited selection of apps (Pandora, photo gallery, crossword, chess, sudoku, mp3 player). Barnes and Noble will be launching a moderated version of the Android App store (along with Flash capabilities) in an update sometime this month.
Something like a localized college omegle I've always though could be successful, I don't really understand limiting people to certain hours though.
I'm going to charge backwards, just for the hell of it.
Agreed...sometimes being prepared means knowing what to do when the unknown arises
For most anything server based (which is how I would use Node if I were to pick it up) startup time should not matter because the server just remains running... making that comparison pointless at best and disingenuous at worst.
At the risk of getting meta, watching this and the surrounding posts get upvoted and downvoted back and forth has been incredibly fascinating. Thanks to everyone who participated.
I apply with an excellent idea about qr code based social platform, we are going forward! We already have customers, don't know why YC put money in social pokemon games at facebook and not in our platform. I don't understand this at all.
It would be cool to have an in HN messaging system. I know it's a lot to ask :) Just a proposal.
I have a theory for why people don't apply more, (a) the startup has grown to a point where YC doesn't make sense and (b) the team decided to not pursue the idea because they didn't get YC, and (c) the team pursued the idea, but it failed and the founders moved on.
I believe it ends up getting enforced at the retailer level; most major chains will refuse to purchase Christmas lights that are not UL listed, so you can be reasonably sure that the cheaply manufactured lights you purchase at Walmart don't burn your house down. They also seem to be providing education [1] and revising their standards [2] to discourage particularly ill-advised appliances such as electric turkey fryers.

[1]: http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/offerings/perspectives/co...
[2]: http://ulstandardsinfonet.ul.com/scopes/1083.html
No. Each rack holds 30 servers and each triplet holds 90. The battery cabinet can support 2 triplets.

http://opencompute.org/datacenters/
I use C for programming PLC's (programmable logic controllers). I have created testing centers built on C to test used PLC's.
I learned C for the first time in 1986 and still use it all the time as my day to day favorite language is Objective-C (and also I've really started to develop a fondness for Ruby too, that's a neat language).
He doesn't make a very convincing case. The iPhone Meebo emoticon screen looks a lot better, but all the others aren't as simple.

I prefer the look of the Android Meebo contact list, but I prefer the iPhone chat interface.

Note that his Android Facebook app needs updating. The missing Chat & Places icons fill it up. I think I prefer the Android version - the white background makes it look more lighter and more spacious than the iPhone version.

I don't like either Speedtest app much at all. I prefer the tabs at the bottom from the iPhone version, but hate (hate!) that purple (!!) ad bar above it. OTOH, I hate the "Test Again" button on the Android version.
I had thought about doing this for a while and giving the money to charity so that pg would look bad for banning me, but was convinced that it was more valuable to have my HN account. I think right now I'd value my Hacker News account around $5k, so would probably sell for $5k or more to the charity of my choice.

It's not my karma points that allows me to get things on the front page, but my intimate knowledge of the Hacker News ecosystem and voting process. The bonus I receive for having a possibly recognizable username is minimal.

As far as I know, Hacker News is the last reach of the social web that has not been hijacked by people selling votes. But I'm probably wrong.
Ah yes. First it was shinier. Then it was more apps. Then it was more users. Now it's more paying users, rapidly eroding, and "lousy app selection." Chances of the huge backlash sure are looking better than ever.
I am also an Eagle Scout! I have been hired at previous "jobs" because I obtained the rank. Just remember the sky starts where the ground ends! Just get it off the ground, and your in the sky... :)
This is largely a comparison between the management styles of the two platforms. (FWIW: I've owned by iPhones and Androids.) On iOS, the UX guidelines are well defined and Apple forces apps to stick to them; Android is the Wild West. On iOS, nearly every app is straightforward but limited; on Android, apps can do whatever the hell they want. These two constraints lead to different outcomes. Two examples: NYTimes is much simpler on iOS but richer and more confusing on Android; Flikie HD isn't possible on iOS but works on Android and has an incredibly confusing interface. Reminds me of Mac vs PC all over again...
F*ck you. Pay Me: Getting payed as a Contractor. [video]
Not commenting on the blog's choice of subject matter:

Making a Gmail / Twitter / Fb / Tumblr / etc. is standard for any website. There's nothing unusual about creating accounts on these other services as it's arguably an essential part of 'doing business' online.
Maybe. There's certainly a lot of FUD there.

A lot of it still seems pretty adolescent though, like the post wholly about the "Gmail" icon or throwaway lines about "14 years old’s feeling".

The Twitter account looks like someone is curating it but the facebook page just looks they enabled Tumblr's "Post to Facebook" feature and walked away.

I guess there's no way to be sure.
1) Approx. 100 RSS feeds read on Reeder on iphone or ipad through out the day
2) Read Financial Times at lunch everyday
3) Check out Digg & Reddit when on the toilet (really great place to read news quickly, all joking aside)
4) Scan Twitter at night to see what I missed
Still powering away on http://spothero.com an online marketplace that let's you rent out your parking spot when you're not using it
That strikes me as a good example of where the kinds of features JetBrains is known for don't really mesh with Objective-C.

If doSomethingElse is a method defined in a category I expect to be loaded at runtime, or something I expect to be caught by foo's forwardInvocation method, having it turn red and bug me to provide an implementation in Foo is exactly the wrong thing to do.

It's the kind of little feature that really only makes sense in the context of a static language like C#, where a method call without a corresponding method implementation can be known definitively to be an error.
I agree, total revenue is key. In fact, that's my entire thesis: the disparity between current iOS and Android apps may be explained by the possible disparity in revenue between the two platforms.

The reason I replied to your post is that I disagree with the "Android will be utilitarian/iOS will be artsy" assertion as being caused only by market share or user expectations (though I think user expectations are also a huge factor). My belief is that one major, current reason why iOS apps are of higher quality is not just because iOS users expect higher quality apps, but also because iOS users generate more total revenue for companies, providing a better ROI. If/when that shifts in favor of Android, those apps may become the higher quality versions.

As for what happens in the future, it's anyone's guess. Heck, it's entirely possible for Android to crush iOS in terms of market share but to still generate less total revenue for companies if no Android users actually install 3rd party apps. I don't expect that to happen, but it's certainly possible.
Poll: What types of electronic devices do you own?
iPod/MP3 player
Cellphone
Handheld Game Console
Tablet/eReader
Laptop Computer
Desktop Computer
Video Game Console
Speed trading may be heading out to sea
The thing is Android apps or UI controls in general don't look bad on their own - they are quite ok - elegant, minimalistic and understated by choice. Focusing on getting the work done becomes more easy when you have less UI jazz to get distracted with.

This really shows in the Android App Market review comments - people who rate low mostly do so because of force closes, missing functions etc. (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.facebook.katana is a good case study.)

The other part is that iPhone has one resolution UI - Androids come in lots of different resolutions. So I think the amount of blank/white space and font sizes vary between different handsets and that makes some apps designed for low res UIs look a bit off on high res screens.

And frankly, I can't find anything worse looking in the examples the fanboi^W author presented and he doesn't seem to be making any real points as to why he thinks one was worse than other - apart from him just not liking anything other than iPhone UI.
It's almost certainly this, and I would love to see them release lightweight grid software that uses NaCl on compute hosts. The footprints of existing grid software stacks, both in terms of volume of software and sysadmin time to setup/maintain, are ridiculous.
As a long term Windows (and Mac) user, I disagree with the part about Windows. Windows 7 is quite polished and I haven't had to deal with spyware in years (of using Windows XP / Windows Vista). Yes, Mac OS X is quite polished and has good workflow elements (expose, stacks, etc.) but so does Windows (tiling, maximizing, jump-list, etc.) .

As an Android (and iOS) developer, I would like to point out that one of the contributing factors to the lack of well-designed applications for Android is due to the lack of polish in the Android tools. XCode on Mac OS X is a delightful experience, with the right tools and the right amount of control to make good applications, supported by excellent tools to optimize the look/performance. However, with ADT, I spend most of my time struggling with XML layout files, and heap dumps attempting to improve the application.
I concur on the orange background. For some reason its a big turn off.
And here's the book for the "pragmatics" http://www.amazon.com/Foundation-Actionscript-3-0-Animation-.... i found this one cool
Kevin Rose Interviews Tony Conrad
I like it! umm... but what the hell is it? I STFA (skimmed-the-f*ing-article) and don't know what's going on here. Quick! What does this mean?
Hello World!

..oh, it's not this part.
I believe there's a secret messaging system only available to founders accepted by YC.
even at MIT.....
Many rejections later, but still amped and loving it. They may have already picked a social commerce startup last intake, but they'll wish they took this one instead ;)
There's simply nothing else to do but go forwards.
I have the same issue. I had collected a number of signup emails for sites/services and finally when I received an email from a real person they were able to communicate with the person who's non-dotted address my dotted address had seemed to have taken over.

My gmail account has been around since invite beta.

I figure that somewhere along the lines google changed their system from dotted and non-dotted addresses being unique and accounts made before this have been affected.
Ask HN/Poll: Who is/are your greatest mentor(s), and why?
I would like to conduct a poll, however this poll requires your reply. I would like to know who your greatest mentor(s) is/are and why you think so?

As for me, I would have to say its a close tie between my Dad and Barry Fey.

- My Dad has taught me many lessons in business from the time I was 7 years old and opened my first lemonade stand to about 5 minutes ago.

- Barry Fey (http://www.barryfey.com/) is one of the greatest concert promoters of this time. He is nicknamed the "Rockfather" by the Rolling Stone, he was the first promoter to bring many bands to the US (Led Zeppelin is one), holds gold records from many bands (The Who is one), and I am proud to have called Barry Fey - Roommate. The school of Barry ROCKS!

So those are my top two, who are yours?
"Its javascript integration is still shockingly bad."

Sooooo very shockingly bad. =(
Mystery 'Brix' app reminds me of Microserfs' OOP (Coupland)
Although you may be right, if the hackanery gets too bad the gov may have no choice but to step in. I wonder how long it will be before a special ops team from the newly formed Ministry of Information is banging down these kids' doors.
Bear in mind I am not familiar with media wiki but this sounds like a misconfiguration of the web app.

As you don't provide enough details or even partial statistics about your visitors it's hard to analyse the situation with you.

> Try asking around in #seo on irc.freenode.net
RNA duplicating RNA, a step closer to the origin of life
Some of the conversations could be construed as illegal (at least in my jurisdiction).

Quote:

NightSkies: lets kill sonys families

whirrior: it would be more effective to go down to
sony headquarters and start the building on fire

D1sc0n3kt: whirrior cut the dope

NightSkies: why dont we just head down o sony and say fuck u

NightSkies: and smash their faces in

whirrior: now that is a protest
NASA launches new Twitter campaign
TapType: http://taptype.me/
As an Android and iOS developer, I would like to point out that one of the contributing factors to the lack of well-designed applications for Android is due to the lack of polish in the Android tools and the available IDE (ADT for Android, and XCode for iOS).

XCode on Mac OS X is a delightful experience, with the right tools and the right amount of control to make good applications, supported by excellent tools to optimize the look/performance. The interface builder and the simulator are quite polished and greatly reduce the effort in tweaking the UI.

However, with ADT, I spend most of my time struggling with XML layout files, and heap dumps attempting to improve the application. The interface builder became usable only with the latest version of ADT, and even-so, I often find myself dropping down into the XML often. The simulator takes a long time to load and is quite sluggish. I find it far more convenient to have the application run on the device each time. However, this implies that code-compile-run cycle takes more time on ADT than on XCode.

In conclusion, the iOS development tools help me in finishing the application quicker, leaving me enough time (and providing me better tools) to polish the interface further.
That's a great resource; Thanks! I wonder why it hasn't been shared as much as it should have been? How does one fix that problem in general?
Can you take programmers seriously if they don't know C?
I know it is an arrogant thought. But I myself have trouble regarding someone in the computing field as knowledgeable or 'good enough' if they do not know C .

C was my first language and is still my favorite. Those who know it understand computers on a far deeper level than those who stick to all high-level languages.

I would go a step farther and say that I wouldn't hire someone to work for me if they were not sufficient in C. Maybe this is just because I am mostly a low-level junkie...

Any one else feel this way? Furthermore, do you know anyone who doesn't know C but is still excellent at coding/computer-science?
How much equity are you offering? I mean if you can't afford to pay a market salary, then you need to either A) have traction and massive sex appeal or B) be bringing people in as co-founders. This goes equally well out in the valley.
Neutron Star Collision and Gamma Ray Burst Discovery [video]
I have an iPhone. I registered for Pandora in Boston, yet when I visit New York City Pandora continues to send me Boston ads. It seems likely they send an approximate zipcode you register with - not your actual location.
its interesting how the idea of US being run by a plutocracy is gaining credibility. Buffet mentioned it couple of days ago: http://english.themarker.com/warren-buffett-the-u-s-is-movin...
There's always something to look forward :)
Not that I'm condoning this behavior, but it's especially unfortunate that the target here is relatively benign when there are so many more deserving targets.
This is HN. Almost everyone's interested, so post away!
Recently I started digging how one could write a debugger for VS, and integration for a language (dynamic one). I stared by looking at pytools, and I was confused by all COM objects, classes, etc. I was not sure at what I point I'll get it to work - do I press F5, and it's installed? Do I make a DLL and it has to be registered?

Now that other plugins are easier - I'm looking now at MonoDevelop and SharpDevelop (Windows Only) but I wish something simpler - like emacs - straight to the core of the system - functions exposed, communication channels right there for you, etc.

Anyway I won't give up, it's just taking too much of my free time.
If I remember correctly from when I read about this 10 years ago, enforcing constraints by adding restoring forces/impulses is a bad way of doing it, because it gives very stiff equations. It works decently for soft constraints, like springs, but if you want to rigidly enforce a constraint, you need very large forces which are applied very suddenly, and to integrate such a system you need a very small time step. My impression was that it was much better to design your constraints into the equations of motion such that you reduce the number of degrees of freedom of the system and solve directly for the "constrained" motion. But that was research papers. Do real game engines use the method described here? Maybe the difference is the degree of "realism" required.
I think the high prices are due to import taxes, which can be brutal.

I guess you were just unlucky with the scam then.

Still, it's worth keeping in mind, "you don't get what you don't pay for". If the price is under 1/4 that of a reputable brand, there's likely to be some kind of problem.
difference here was that they weren't fake or counterfit. they staged and bribed their way into getting their stuff certified, despite the production line being way under quality.
The $100 USB Stick Your Boss Can Use To Find Your Porn
What evidence do you have that "the traditional checks and balances of a healthy civil society" aren't working?

Just because you aren't getting your way doesn't mean society isn't working. You have a viewpoint, but plenty of other people have a very different viewpoint on where things should stand. That we manage to arrive at a reasonable middle ground between all of these dissenting opinions seems to indicate that the system is working.

I'm tired of hearing all of this posturing and justification for Anon just because you support what they support. If it was the Montana Tea Party employing tactics like this, they would be called domestic terrorists.

So, sorry: DDoSes, stalking, harassment and vandalism are not "civil disobedience", they're just plain old despicable behavior.
How News Corp got lost in Myspace
I'm not sure I can take someone seriously as a programmer if all they know for operating systems are Windows, Mac OS and flavors of UNIX/LINUX.

Seriously though, C is a good language but for back to basics you are talking assembly language at least. Preferably several assemply langages.
Life 'In The Plex': The Future Of Google
I'm not saying he's an astroturfer, but if I were to run an astroturfing campaing, this is pretty much exactly how I would do it.
Small Cameras With Big Sensors
Ask HN: Any examples of ebooks/zines that break new ground in their new medium?
There are plenty of examples of limited thinking happening out there, like the Daily. And I found the Mag+ publications to be uninspiring as well. Surely there is something out there by now that is really pushing into a new medium?
Yes, I would agree. Although I would take it a step further for web engineers (developers) to say that if you don't have your N+ and/or Cysco certs, you shouldn't be designing.
IMO whats beautifully designed is a very subjective concept. Because most designers and generally people that associate with tech use Apple and follow Apple design guidelines, just about everything Apple does is considered beautiful. Because everything Apple does is considered beautiful, both designers and fans that utilize Apple guidelines consider this beautiful as well.
If you are a business or other non-technical person, a friend and I are building a product to help you get your software idea built and launched, so that you can start making money off of it. My email is in my profile if you're interested.
I very much doubt dropbox is insecure by design. Skipjack was insecure by design. Dropbox is (arguably) insecure by oversight, or by lack of thoughtful security design.
There should be an option for: "0 (interested and thought about it, maybe someday)".
"My belief is that one major, current reason why iOS apps are of higher quality is not just because iOS users expect higher quality apps, but also because iOS users generate more total revenue for companies, providing a better ROI."

I think that's a fair point, and one I'll readily concede. My assertion is that, moving forward, we're likely to see that key metric shift in Android's favour, barring some massie swing in adoption numbers.
I've never understood the love people seem to have for K&R--especially as a beginner text. In the end I put it down to learning approach differences.

A decade ago I thought the book "C Programming : A Modern Approach" by K.N. King was a good starter text--I don't know if there's a better recommendation that's more recent.

In terms of after the fact reading, if you like the terse style of K&R you might pick up something but if you got bored I suspect that means you don't like the style. I suspect the time might be better spent reading some code instead.
Girl Scout Gold Award recipient here just got rejected. (: I'm looking for a cofounder if anyone knows anyone interested in working on a social startup. I'm more interested in finding passionate people than people with a particular skillset.
It's interesting that the cicadas have the cycles they do. Why not also go 23, 29, etc? There's obviously a trade off between being more frequent but also encountering more predators - I'm just curious why they settled on the cycles that they did.
0 (interested, maybe someday)
Great idea, the 0 was limiting as is.
Yes. A social startup with a plan and revenue strategy, though I'm squeamish about talking super publicly about it. I'm looking for cofounders, if anyone's interested in joining me. I'm more interested in passionate, driven, generally super smart people than any particular skillset. Let me know if you're interested and let's talk offline. (:
That sort of bump in salary is pretty substantial. Plus, the predictable schedule will allow you to focus more on your partner. It seems like a win-win. You can always give it a whirl, but not change your spending habits. Then if you don't like it after a year or so you have 6 months runway to get your freelancing back up to speed.
Any YC rejects in SF want to meetup for happy hour drinks tomorrow (4/8)? :)
Just wait till Obama opens the floodgates on his marketing budget. I expect the app will pick up speed really quickly.
We have significant evidence to believe that gravitational waves do exist. By measuring the energy of Hulse-Taylor Binaries, we can show that the expected energy loss is there. This was the basis for the 1993 Nobel in physics.
> This is a truly disgusting suggestion.

Yeah I know. That's why I tried to qualify it. But speaking honestly, would it work? Yeah.

> become far, far more strident against you

it's not me OK? I was just trying to dispassionately speculate on what I thought would be effective.