skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
But entrepreneurs are dreamers - you have an idea that you think is awesome, even if it doesn't currently fit in with a normal person's day-to-day behavior. But you're convinced that if it does catch on, even the people who were at first skeptical will come to love it, and the lives of millions of middle-class, tech-savvy individuals (because let's face it, this is typically the market you're going for) around the world will be a little bit better for your idea.

Yes, most of these people never actually build successful companies. But if you're just working on another straightforward B2B e-commerce platform marketed at the 10% of companies left who don't yet have a web presence, although you might have a greater chance of getting rich, you're not chasing the dream. And the people who see nothing wrong with this never become entrepreneurs, they just avoid the risk altogether and make a good living working at a big company.

It obviously doesn't happen in all cases (and I certainly don't mean to imply that there is nothing interesting and game-changing to be done in B2B businesses), but I think this could be part of the reason why entrepreneurs are always building things they hope people will pay for rather than things people already do pay for.
Indeed, the title is misleading. The problem-solving abilities referenced in the title are those of solving the problem of finding what you want, not general problem-solving abilities.
What would go wrong in society if the internet and phone system were totally un-tappable by government and people could easily communicate in complete secrecy?

Every government seems to want to intercept communications against the people's wishes. What do they understand that I don't?
SSDs are sweet. I just got a 13" MBP 2.7Ghz w/ a 128GB SSD. It's a screaming machine. Everything works instantly and it makes my older 2.4 Ghz MBP look like a sloth. In my opinion it's totally worth it. I spend a lot of time on a computer.

However, if you want a bigger drive than 128GB, I'd get a hybrid drive. You can get a 500GB hybrid drive for around $100. You get lots of space and I've heard they get around 80% of the performance gain of an SSD.

Enjoy the new laptop!
What's the chance of this kind of thing occurring and simultaneously NOT requiring a new test anyway?
Why would you need more than 5? This isn't a drug trial trying to pick up some subtle difference in results between taking a drug and not taking a drug. Is it really plausible that a theoretical person born blind and sighted later in fact can distinguish between the two but we just happened to get unlucky to find the five dunces in the world who can't?

Based on what we already know about how the brain works (aka "the prior probabilities") the chances of such an outcome are pretty much insignificant, far lower than a naive sample-based argument that ignores what we already know would show.
There are some attempts to formalize OOP. See Cardelli's "A Theory of Objects" (http://lucacardelli.name/TheoryOfObjects.html) for one example.
I thought this very thing. It's too bad that most app authors (mobile, web, desktop) simply don't understand this.
Your comments confuse me. I have experienced both phases of life - lucky and unlucky as in the article. My darkest hours were during the "unlucky" mindset and I indeed consider them the best days, but I don't see what you're trying to say.

If you claim the best hours were the darkest, are you saying you were in the lucky mindset during those?
VCloud Express Virtacore Style Goes Live Today
Theoretically, this makes complete sense. But in practice, math matters. If you believe that the number of promising startups is within the range of those that are accepted by top accelerators, then you are right. But if you believe that current accelerators serve a minor percentage of promising startups, then it means a large part of the market (ie. promising startups) is not being served.

I'm actually inclined to believe it's the latter considering the supply and demand. The demand for accelerators is extremely high and the supply of open spots is very low. I think current accelerators are just scratching the surface with respect to promising startups which is why we're seeing many more sprout up.
Not to be overly pedantic, but a piece of core functionality like this seems like it would really need some basic automated tests, even if they were just running the API through it's paces.

The thorough documentation is awesome though!
"OOP to me means only messaging, local retention and protection and hiding of state-process, and extreme late-binding of all things." -Alan Kay

Personal taste has nothing to do with it, I'm just pointing out that it's a closer fit.
None of these issues are a problem for Sprint customers. Sprint lets you change your plan anytime, so you can drop to a lower plan or move up to a higher plan without extending your contract. They even have a tool that analyzes your usage over the past year and recommends the best plan for you. Not that voice minutes are even necessary these days, with VOIP over broadband, free nights starting at 7pm, free weekends, and free calls to any mobile number (including Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T). And for data, 4G plans are unlimited, so there are never any overage charges (though 3G-only plans are capped at 5GB or 2GB).
There's a belief among some gamers that the cracking of a console somehow, magically, enables people to cheat in online games. And driven by that belief and a hate for cheaters, they go after the wrong target.
Haskell is a purely functional language in this sense.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure_function

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purely_functional

Haskell has taken functional purity and ran with it. It's proof that you can eliminate side effects (sans the sin bin) and still actually get things done. The benefits of this can be seen in the papers written by SPJ, Wadler, etc. Moreover some features from Haskell/FP have influenced the mainstream programming community (Java generics).

As far as I know Erlang is not purely functional, nor does it try to be. On top of that, I think Erlang's emphasis is more on the actor model / message passing than it is on functional programming. That's my take at least.
I can motivate my support for geohot, I'd like to hear their reasons (besides all the FUD spread everywhere by sony & friends).

I thought that hackers and playstation 3 "owners" would be on the same side, given that the ultimate question here is whether they really own the console or not.
Many of the commenters at Ars Technica (which has been following this story closely) have similar opinions of Sony and of Mr. Hotz.

Those praising the actions of Sony don't seem to understand any of the larger issues here. It doesn't matter to them that free inquiry is being destroyed in order to shield the embarrassing secrets of a huge corporation from public view, as long as they can boot up their game console and play their shiny new video game without any inconvenience.
Of course, and part of the rivalry between Frank Lloyd Wright and the Internationalists was FLW's inspiration (among other sources of inspiration) drawn from the Arts & Crafts (which itself drew from the Pre-Raphaelites).

That said, FLW's politics were not strictly socialist, but were a complex combination of liberatarian, pacifism, populism, Wisconsin progressive, support for the Wobblies, and anti-semitism. Some argue that he was also close to Kropotkin (an anarchist). This earned him the suspicion of J. Edgar Hoover and a file in the FBI.
Women Were the First Computers
We've got a great interoperable format already, that's being used by billions of people throughout the world, it's called HTML. The future of creative tools will be those that can both read and write HTML + whatever additional standards work with it.
The article talks a lot about Groklaw's decline and accurately concludes does Groklaw must end now because otherwise it will slide into complete irrelevance. I concur. It has become an echo chamber for a small group of people, some of whom had a sectarian attitude.
>In other words it is commonly expected that professionals come equipped with the tools of trade

Not always. Construction firms hire a lot of what they need for each job, because it is not economical for them to store and maintain the enormous variety of tools/machines that they need over the course of a year. They'd need a huge warehouse and a whole team of people to manage and maintain all the equipment, and at that point you may as well start running a hire company.

They don't invoice you for each rental fee in an itemised fashion, for the same reason they dont invoice you for each screw, each nail, the fuel for their vehicles etc: you don't give a shit.
Heroku Grows Up Under Salesforce.com’s Wing
The belief is mostly correct however, although it is true that the targets are indeed wrong. People doing the initial grunt work of cracking a console are not the same people as the ones developing cheats.
TL;DR summary: after Microsoft got a big government contract, Google sued. In their filing, they claimed that Google Apps for Government has FISMA certification. DOJ says no: Google Apps Premier has FISMA certification, but Google Apps for Government doesn't. Microsoft is (unsurprisingly) appalled.
Google penalty box cost Overstock 5% in revenue
I think a YC-Reject co-op is a great idea.

If you're trying to monetize the idea and are asking for 6% of people's company then, sorry, you've got to be joking.

What do you offer for this 6%? Money, connections, knowledge?

If you're simply a coordinator bringing people together, I think asking for 6% is ridiculous and it makes me question your motivation for doing this.
It will be intresting to follow the development of video/image/network-technology in collaboration with nano-technology in the future.

As stated in the article the bad side is surveillance and privacy - but the aspect of small cool devices gets the geek-gene in me to cheer at the same time.
I just got asked about a database program for pawnshops - they charge 3500 for the package and 700 a year for support.
I wasn't getting much value out of Twitter anyway (not a judgement on Twitter's value, just on what I was getting out of it), and my business depends a lot on maintaining healthy relationships with lots of people, since we grow primarily by referral. It just made sense to drop Twitter altogether and tell people instead that I don't use it.
I've read some of this and it's good stuff. I guess where I was coming from was that OOP is already so scatter shot and widely used as such that even if somebody did formalize something based on OOP, it wouldn't be generally accepted as "the OOP standard". So many people have an idea of what OOP is based on the language they've used, and I doubt that if somebody formalized OOP tomorrow that everybody would rush to make their languages compliant to the model.

That being said, I suppose that a solid new language with formalized OOP models that was very useful could become the next Java/C++. Time (and marketing) will tell. I would be very excited about such a language >_>.
It's also quite hard to figure out what x, y and z actually are. Could be SEO. Could be not. Could be sales. Could be not. etc.
Gimme a break. Nitrates are just salt added to meat. How can they cause cancer? You might as well run from salt.
How I got a blank book to the top of the Amazon charts
"A calm river of nerditry"
This is an excellent article until it applies one final twist that perverts the entire message into something loathesome.

He's working hard. Great!
He's keeping his expenses low. Awesome! Who needs to be weighed down with that stuff?
He gave up on useless egotism about his status. Perfect! Other people's opinions don't matter.
He rejected job offers. Excellent! That's because they provide a way of life he doesn't want.

So far so good.

He can do all that without lying to himself. Lie to yourself and you'll lie to others, which makes you an untrustworthy con man. That's what gives entrepreneurs a reputation like televangelists.

Just give up the ego-trip of success, and accept the fact that what you are doing may not succeed. Why do you need it to succeed? Your ego. Just fail, start again, fail, start again, fail, start again. So long as you can keep yourself fed, you can keep it up forever. Your validation is not some future goal-- this is the life you want. Right here. Right now. Otherwise, don't do it.
It's called Rent-to-own. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-to-own#Real_estate
Truck Rental Tips That Can Save You Time and Money 
Truck rental tips on how to save money and time when renting a moving truck.
You are able to download the full evaluation for free.
More likely they have a way to say how comfortable they are with the translation in the algorithm, and a person is checking those with a low "comfort" value.
Microkernels rule
I thought I was a capitalist growing up, but these days I think my political affiliation is more likely just 'hacker'.

Anyways, as thought experiments, I have been toying with the idea of limiting company size to 150 people, based on dunbar's number, which would guarantee distributed ownership and accountability. By keeping group size small i think it's harder to cheat and waste social capitol.

And secondly, I have been thinking of requiring companies to distribute a certain percentage of revenue to employees for a tax break. Since 60+% of federal income is via earned income, it makes sense for the government to encourage this sort of income anyways. I also think this might align executive interest with their employees and help us make earned income more attractive. I am not really sure it's fair that capital income, like dividends and sale of property should be flat taxed at 15-20%, while hard working people are effectively taxed at 30-60%. ( don't forget about the employment/ SS tax which your employer pays, or in the case of a consultant they pay entirely. )
That's easy to say when you're not the one being sued by a company with very deep pockets.
Thanks for the suggestion. We haven't actually decided on the larger project's testing scheme, but once we do, we'll definitely be adding tests to RouteMap as well.
It also may not be apparent from the domain name, but this is a Microsoft corporate site.
and then after you've been paying for a subscription for 3 years and you decide you are happy with version X for the time being, you won't be able to continue using it if you stop paying. From the Subscription FAQ:

If I cancel my subscription, does that mean I can still use my software, and that I just won’t receive updates for the most current version?

No. When you cancel your subscription you will no longer have access to any version of your Creative Suite subscription software.
http://xkcd.com/871/

"I usually respond to someone else doing something good by figuring out a reason that they're not really as good as they seem. But I've been realizing lately that there's an easier way to handle these situations, and it involves zero internet arguments."
This Is Proof that Office Cubicle Pranks Have Gone Way Too Far
To the young brilliant minds
Isn't that kinda like saying the C language still lives on in the form of Java?
I don't have time to work on this, but am willing to do my bit as a citizen. What, besides emailing candidates, would help?
I am building one. Would love to connect anyone wanting to join me.
Good point about the distinctions between Saas vs ERP. Customers don't want to buy software or services; they want to buy a solution to their problem (and preferably a solution with a positive ROI).
But you donated to a legal defense fund. You may have hoped for a different outcome, but the fund was for the defense of the individual, and in this case settlement was likely the best defense.

But maybe he promised not to settle in soliciting donations, all I see is a blog post saying here is a legal defense fund. And even if he said he would demand certain things, the fact remains that he was defending himself and has to make the right call.
My last and anyone's best shot at elBulli
Twist in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace (Zune) in India
Twist in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace (Zune) in India
as a poor man, i've learned that there are no shortcuts in life. as an optimistic poor man, i believe that 80k can indeed be re-valued to 3m, but not overnight, and certainly there are barriers and heavy risks associated. so this is where you really need to dig deep and figure out the truth behind all of this--are you just looking for a shortcut or do you really enjoy the path to potential enlightenment?
I'm not concerned about code confidentially at all :)
...but unfortunately, I am not in a position to make that call. The people I work with sometimes do important/secret things, so all the IP policies are geared to the extreme case. That said, as long as I have a path to declare what I plan to share and with who, then things could become much easier... in theory anyway.
According to Merriam Webster, the primary pronunciation is "nich"...

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/niche

Just because a word has a French origin, doesn't mean the French pronunciation is preferred in English.
AllTheWeb closed by Yahoo early April, no-one notices (1999-2011) RIP
An ex-girlfriend of mine was in the CS program at OSU and I helped her out occasionally with her homework and as such spent many nights pulling my hair out and cursing the name of whomever created RESOLVE/C++. The algebraic proof side of things was so poorly documented and designed that it was effectively impossible to use for its intended purpose, and the macros for things like simple comparisons were just excruciating. I've dealt with many languages, but RESOLVE/C++ is in the elite group which I found absolutely no upside to. I really don't understand why it's still in use.
As an aside, have you personally witnessed better quality using 2-pass encoding? At ~2mbps, I've never really noticed anything in terms of quality... but in the 6-8 neighborhood, I can def tell a difference.
For the "youngsters" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlltheWeb
Yes. In the niche I work in (professional photography) I know of at least 3 different needs that meet your criteria (more or less). Many of our 6,000 customers and others in the industry have told us as much.

Like Ed said, companies large and small have pipelines of ideas and projects they can't get to.
That's fine, but at least be honest about who you're benefiting. If you want to write a message because it makes you feel good, go for it and be happy. If you are doing so because you think it's helping someone else on the other hand, it's seem like good odds that it's mostly just self-deception.
"the exclusivity of Harvard isn't "an excuse to do something mean", but rather an effort to create conditions where our smartest youngsters can get together and really change the world."

Where by "change the world" you mean "continue to see that the Haves remain the Haves." You are correct to identity gathering a critical mass of best and brightest as a key part of the Harvard/Stanford "best of the best" puzzle, but the goal isn't to improve what they do, it's to introduce them to each other so that in 20 years they can sit on each others boards and amicably divide up the spoils of the markets they control. Quite a few students think the way you do, but the parents and especially the board members don't.
Oooh, great point! I remember when location was taking off as the "next big thing" of 2010. I only wonder if it will really hit the mainstream the same way Twitter or Facebook have.
How can you compare Facebook and Google?
Updates every couple of minutes - but if you move to another tab (and leave HN open) no updates will happen until you get back.

Just curious: is this out of some Chrome extension limitation or to cut down on unnecessary refreshes?
Is Grooveshark Good For Indies? Just Listen to This Artist
I think the problem is deeper and more widespread. Facebook, and all of our conceptions of social networks, are inherently restrictive, reductive, and shallow in how they allow people to express themselves.

The underlying assumption is that users are lazy and want the simplest, easiest, least involved ways to communicate possible, but I think the provided tools at the very least contribute to this.

I wrote a blog post about this: http://blog.byjoemoon.com/post/3112676038/the-end-of-comment...
This is part of the original script, out of my control.

All the extension actually does is load the original script when you visit HN.
New ICQ developer network agreement
I think the notion of "trust agility" is really insightful.
They actually aren't already wrapped. The .eq() method pulls an element out of the collection and wraps it in a new jQuery object.
"Well I should hope so! That's the agreement we came to a few years ago. Bro."
Two things:

Please understand that I'm talking about large
trends here, and therefore when I say things like
"nobody" I really mean fewer than 10,000,000
people," and so on and so forth.

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html

Also, I explicitly said "certain" B2B sales. Joel's conjectures about pricing and purchasing behaviour do not apply to everyone, just to those organizations that have a certain behaviour around making purchasing decisions.
I really think Americans have to either step up to the plate when it comes to doing business with China or just STFU about all the issues we see over there. We complain about human rights violations, lack of freedoms etc but then continue to give this machine our money.

Voting with your voice means very little compared to voting with your wallet. If this upsets you (it doesn't really upset me) then you should leave Facebook.

When Google left China, it made me really admire and appreciate their service (I can't imagine giving more time/money to Google than I already do :)
Poetic License
License written as poem
I wish I knew. The liberals aren't a whole lot better at this point, having had their fingers in a similar pie some years back.

I guess at this point, try and oust the Conservatives and hope for the best.
SuperGenPass has a serious DOM vulnerability. The link has a live demo.

http://akibjorklund.com/2009/supergenpass-is-not-that-secure

The SuperGenPass UI is rendered within the DOM of the current page when you click the bookmarklet. The UI is where you enter your master password. And because the UI is part of the current page, any script running in the page can read your master password. Remember that script can be external too, as in advertisements or widgets of some kind.
It shows that people in STEM fields (and likely from business) are always going to be chauvinistic towards social sciences and liberal arts people.
I agree. A huge corporation also has the structure in place in all levels that makes a programmer profitable from the beginning.

When starting a startup, you need to build that structure from scratch - from the marketing, to the sales process, to the scalability, support, hiring, etc. The reason why most employees think they're more than they're worth is because they don't see all the things that happened before they were hired, and all the things that happens behind the scenes that makes their specific tasks valuable to the company.
Yeah I'd agree. There's a big difference between leasing/renting, and leasing-to-own and I'd be very surprised if Adobe offered a prorated discount system as a result.
Show HN: GistCube at tool to discover, and share Gists. 
Yesterday Ericb ask in this thread [1] about interesting gists. A while ago I built GistCube [2] as a weekend project but I never announced it.

GistCube is a tool to discover, share and organized interesting gists. It also provide Rss for any selected tag, but so far only I am using it.

Maybe some else, beside me, find it useful.

[1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2429984

[2] http://gistcube.com
For any notation consisting of ASCII characters, I find that an emacs scratch buffer makes a better brain-extension than a board does. But when I'm thinking in terms of diagrams and math notation, having a chalkboard next to me (a real chalkboard) is a huge help.