skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I was actually referring to the first 'I'd think Mac's would be the vast majority...', not the one you didn't reference until above.

Thanks for the link, I'll keep that handy if my copy of The Chicago Manual of Style isn't handy (oh they have a nice website now too, cool).
Even if it's hard to disagree with anything specific in the post, who does this tone appeal to? Is the author selling or venting?
Thanks!

We want to get to an turnaround of hours, but we'll have to scale up for that.

Pricing is rock bottom compared to competing services. The industry standard is around $2 per minute.

API is in the works. :)
SF has great places like SOMA, but if you stick around Mountain View and Palo Alto you will be in the heart of Silicon Valley. You'll find a lot of meetups in those three places. East Bay is where I live. It also has meetups, but not nearly as many. However, It takes me 15 minutes to get into Palo Alto and it is a lot cheaper to live over here than in those other places. When I go to SF I would rather take Bart in than drive. Parking can be such a huge bitch if there is a game going on. So, I am close to Bart and it takes me 40min to get into SF when I need to, which is a couple times a week. It's around $80 for a monthly pass on Bart.
just sayin'...
So rather than arguing with me, why don't you sell the computer you're reading this on and send the money to a kid in Africa?
Wow, you made GeeTasks? Thanks for the killer app man, better than all the rest in the AppStore by far imo. I love the offline feature and the quick and easy sync.

My only gripe with it is the icon/logo of the app. A little garishly and too-brightly colored. Amazing app otherwise.
> That's an UI problem easily fixable by browsers.

Not as easily solved as using the app model.

> That's the beauty of an open web.

And that's never going away. But there's a reason devs are all over iOS and Android right now, and not making web apps that are much easier to make cross-platform.

> Easily checkable by other means.

Not as easily, though. Nor as intuitively.

> You're basically trying to redefine the problem to fit the solution.

Me? I'm not working on the Web Store team.

The solution is much-needed and is several years late. Google Maps and Gmail basically launched the web app wave, only for all the innovation to happen in mobile operating systems. It's time to bring those innovations to the browsers and make browsers the preeminent platform once again, which is what the web app and app store model seeks to accomplish.
I seem to be misremembering.
I thought there were two versions at launch, with the paid version going away quickly in favor of ad-driven.
Is this the episode?

http://thechangelog.com/post/3742814720/episode-0-5-1-mongod...
Just wanted to take a minute to thank you for that app. It's been tremendously useful for me for a year or so now.
My understanding is that this was a bug with the previous authentication scheme, before they rolled out OAuth. Changing your password revokes old tokens for all authentication schemes and thus mitigates the problem.
Very good demonstration of subsequent improvements of a naive algorithm. To me that was somewhat depreciated by the fact that you can actually calculate n-the Fibonacci number using Binet's closed form formula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_number#Closed-form_ex...). You will need arbitrary precision arithmetic starting with certain 'n' though, as IEEE 754 will not give you correct result.
How is this within Google's core mission? Their mission is not to provide IT services to other companies...
Is the offer a potential solution or just a distraction?

If it is a potential solution, then do you want this person as a partner in your business?

If the answer to the second is "yes," then a "Gee, I never thought about it" is enough to see where it might go. Otherwise, let it go as the distraction that it is.
Is that sic slash fic?
I think you're being too loose with language here. The implication was that Google doesn't use Windows because Google is cutting-edge; this is a claim about the technical merits of Windows, not the direction of Microsoft's leadership.
As someone who's enjoyed building my own customized distros & livecds with homebrew packages, I'm looking forward to being able to put my own customized chromiumOS build and other distros onto a Chromebook.
Funnily enough, it runs smoother on Firefox than Chrome on my Mac.
Yeah, as others have pointed out, that doesn't answer the question. I'm familiar with transparent redirects offered by Braintree and SpreedlyCore.

But Linode (mentioned in the footer) is not PCI compliant by default, so it's worth asking what they are doing since they DO touch the credit cards.
NoSQL to InnoDB with Memcached
No need to hack one, it exists: http://www.badboll.nu/acme/able/

There was an open source level pack made with this that has been popular on Maemo
Google Embraces Flash... as a Fallguy for Chrome Hack
Very laggy/jumpy for me.

Plus that damn music keeps playing, even though after I closed the tab with it in!
This is exactly what I do; I check my email three to four times a day, and I certainly don't let my email client run in the background and interrupt me at times which are always inconvenient.
And for the record, my 87-year-old grandmother has an iPad and I've had to perform maintenance on it (iOS upgrades that Apple emailed her about, and she was flipping out until she got them, and spent several hours trying to download it herself with her copy of iTunes which is apparently somehow borked because it won't let her update) on multiple occasions, and also show her how to do things on it. Upgrades are not automatic on the iPad.
Ask HN: Forget technical co-founders, where do you find a good designer?
I've been working on my first project in Django and Python, and I've been finding that the coding takes way less time than trying to get the design down. I'm okay with HTML/CSS and know my way around Photoshop/GIMP, but anything related to design still takes me forever. Anyone have suggestions on where to find designers willing to join a startup?
Unfortunately, it doesn't elaborate on which cell phone models were used in the cited study:
http://www.springerlink.com/content/bx23551862212177/fulltex...

I'll assume they didn't choose phones with additional antennae activated (ie, bluetooth, GPS, wifi), but that wasn't detailed either.

Also since they focused on 900Mhz GSM, I wonder if CDMA/TDMA or non-900Mhz GSM would change results... assuming equivalent specific energy adsorption rate (SAR), of course.
Since I don't have to be PCI-compliant, it's doubly important that the company I'm trusting to handle my customers' data is doing their job right.

It'd be irresponsible NOT to ask.

A small, three-guy startup running on Linode with little to no background in payment processing or security doesn't automatically win my business.
- can it sync with an iPod or iPhone? Nope.

(The Hacker News-y response is that the i-whatever is terrible and people shouldn't use them, but my point is that a lot of people own them. People who are thinking about recommending Chromebooks to family should keep that in mind.)

Edit: Apparently, the Hacker News-y response is to downvote to oblivion for even mentioning the possibility that people you know might own an extremely popular device. Oh HN, you so silly.
Netflix's player actually runs fine on Linux and is currently touted as a major feature on many Linux-based devices (like Boxee). Netflix's player does not run on desktop Linux because Microsoft refuses to license the DRM component for desktop Linux use, though embedded Linux appliances are allowed to obtain a license.
The magic word you want is "autoresponder" Every mailing list service will let you do this. I use MailChimp. I'm happy with them.
Why artificially lowering the expectations of your customers is bad
Given that paypal already has their own credit card, they probably have decent relationships with the current leaders. Seems much more likely to me that they would simply join the credit card cabal, rather than challenging it.

Also, mobile payments show a great deal of promise.
And neither am I a member of the Fibonacci Association http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/fibonacci/ http://www.fq.math.ca/

[Edit:] But there are some interesting data structures based on them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_heap
Right, so not very compelling.

- Boots in 8 seconds: Why power off your laptop? I don't nor anyone I know.
- Updates itself without bothering you: Low value.
- Battery lasts all day: This is strong, if verified.
- Backups taken care of: Implications are mixed at best.
- Built-in 3G: This is probably stronger than some will give credit.
- Doesn't get viruses: As I suggested above, low value.

I was aware of these, of course. Still don't think it overcomes massive loss of power and features.
"In the near future, you’ll also be able to run traditional software remotely on our Chrome notebook. Companies like Citrix are developing solutions that will be available in the Web Store, and we are developing a free service called Chromoting that will enable Chrome notebook users to remotely access their existing PCs and Macs."

I wonder what the timeline is on this, and if it will be frustratingly slow vs. a netbook.
I suggest markdown as a trivial to implement, useful, and safe template language.
All devices should sync via the net, not with cables. In a year, I've never felt the need to connect my iPad or N900 to a computer
they cover 80% of the use-cases

No they don't, it's actually the other way around -- try recreating Rails in Scala.

For that matter, give me an ORM written in Scala that's both (a) stable and consistent + (b) usable without me having to bash my head against the keyboard.

The reason why you cannot recreate a Rails clone is because Rails works basically by redefining everything at runtime, over and over again ... the whole Ruby language is built from the ground up on redefining classes (for the "class" construct, defining new classes in case they don't exist, that's just a side-effect). I'm not saying you cannot build something better in Scala (time will tell), but that something has to be a lot different and a lot more effort will be required.

Yeah, you can do "var a = 1" in Scala, that's nice.

the path forward for programming will see
a convergence between static and dynamic typing

Actually the path IMHO is a bigger separation between static and dynamic, with optional static types introduced in dynamic languages as hints for performance purposes.

Basically that's because OOP is inherently incompatible with static types and because type classes are inherently incompatible with dynamic types.
It reads like it was written by a marketing person.
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Was it really 100%? I thought it was only 99.998%, or something close to that.
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How many users do you have? I use Sendgrid because their API is really easy and reliable, and I know they have scheduling capabilities. You could probably come up with a script to schedule the emails as soon as a user registers. MailChimp probably offers something similar with their API, but I haven't spent much time using it.
Hey, they took my iPad
direct link to app:

http://chrome.angrybirds.com/
I'll spell it out very clearly:

Google's mission is "to organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful."

Gmail helps my company organize our email and communication, and makes it accessible from any computer anywhere in the world.

S3 helps my company organize our information and distribute it around the world.

S3 helps dropbox organize their users information and make it accessible from any device.

An S3 clone is clearly within Google mission.
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Idsketch.com provides you nicely designed cd packaging products. We offer you various services that can help you get custom cd packaging products that can be used for various marketing purposes.
I wonder if an OnLive client is on the way. That would provide a lot of gaming options that will not be available through browsers for years.
SpaceX names new CFO (formerly with Broadcom)
Smells like an IPO coming...
I don't recall them to being too thrilled with people messing with their device at the beginning; it seemed that they embraced it after the fact to seem supportive of the community unlike other corporations.
Just what we need: Google involved in more aspects of our lives. No thank you. Nothing against Google per se, but letting any huge corporate conglomerate control the majority of your data seems foolish.

I use OS X as it has the perfect mix of Unixy goodness where superb OSS developer tools run great, graphics tools like Photoshop, and VMWare for Linux. Honestly, it is such a good platform, I cannot for the life of me think of a use-case for Chromebook. I'm actually a bit shocked that many HN users seem to be touting this thing as something revolutionary and/or desirable.
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Hmm, I'm curious how you equate building a contracting business is equivalent to building a new payments system?

I agreed that the article's portrayal of the fees as extortionate was hyperbole but agreed that raising the barrier to entry would slow down the creation of new payment systems. If you accept that the rate of innovation is related, at least linearly, to the creation of new companies in a product space, then reducing the creation rate would necessarily reduce the rate of innovation.

An alternative look at your question with contractors would be to ask "Has the licensing and bonding requirements cut down on innovation in contracting business models?"

I don't know how to answer that question without first removing the licensing and bonding requirement and then observing the resulting market. It certainly mitigates crime in the contracting market to some extent by making it more difficult for a criminal to pass themselves off as a bonafide contractor. But the current state of affairs don't say about whether or not the contracting market would be more innovative without those restrictions.
He's right, I quit three times and probably should go for #4 sometime soon.
I just signed up to MeetingBurner, it looks promising. As someone that used WebEx and is a currently a paying subscriber of GoToMeeting, this can potentially make our lives a bit easier, especially with Linux users.

Personally, I didn't like the video all too much, I felt the comparison was somewhat deceptive. As a GoToMeeting subscriber I can usually start a meeting in less than 5 seconds, since I already have the client installed. Clearly, if I don't have the client, then it's a longer process with website -> download -> run/install, as such the video, for me, takes something away from your product. While the speed comparison is nice, and something that should be emphasized, I believe the other aspects of MeetingBurner stand on their own.

I feel that the one-touch recording, the no-client download, online access to your recordings, shareable links, and clear reporting to your past meetings already goes beyond what your competitors offer.

I really like GoToMeeting as it's clean, robust, has recording and numerous other niceties, however, it is lacking in certain areas and having a full web solution like MeetingBurner would be ideal.

I will definitely try it out in GoToMeeting's place over the next couple of days and provide whatever additional feedback I can.

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Considering Apple makes an order of magnitude more money on the devices than the software, I bet Apple could even do better than free if they saw the need.

However, it goes against their core philosophy and company strengths. Apple will only go there if they are pressed to do so.
Maniacal focus is assumed here. We're not even discussing doing things casually.
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I know of at least one case where a person tried this and did not end up getting hired at the startup mentioned.
And emotional stability. When I've had a rough day at work, an hour of downtime on the train really improves the face I show at home.
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it's "solved" in an inferior way to genuine Skype program. they do not want workarounds, they want featured products.
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AFAICT, this is an extraction of the renderer from Chrome/Chromium wrapped up in an API for C/C++/.NET.

This has been packaged as SDKs for both Windows & Mac.
I disagree. It reads like an engineer who is frustrated that his/her tech is getting out-businessed (perhaps in a slimy way). Engineers generally want to live in a world where the best tech wins, but in the end, we go home to our betamax players and wonder why we can't rent any good movies for them.
For me, informed consent is the issue here. If I sign up for your website and then log in, I think it's probably fair game to target things to them. In fact, that's generally the point.

My real world analogy is an invisible store employee following you around, helping you shop, but also writing down every movement you make, and every conversation you have.

It's more than a little creepy if they do it without asking.
What happens when I want to play music on my Sandisk Sansa?
I'm actually already using this computer to free up resources for an African Prince who will send me ten million dollars, upon completion. The proceeds of which I will send to Africa. So as you can see, I need this computer and by keeping it, I will be able to donate many millions.

Some people will believe anything.
Thanks a lot kmfrk! Also, Goodsie looks really cool, will have to check them out.
He's asking if you guys are PCI compliant.
The first 5 mins of your conf call / meeting are sometimes just spent troubleshooting for guests.

Wow, and that's the norm for a 5 billion dollar industry? Well, considering Microsoft just bought Skype for 8 billion you should be in pretty good shape...
I disagree. One guy became convinced, for honest and legitimate reasons, that the deal was no good, and he went to the right people and convinced them, using honest, legitimate reasons, that the deal was no good, and then the guy who was properly placed to make the decision scotched the deal while honestly presenting his reasons for opposing it.

Maybe I'm a little jaded, but that sounds pretty darned good to me. I would call it "politics" if the people involved did things for selfish reasons, hid their true motivations, spread misinformation to support their cause, or conspired to avoid oversight. When someone does things for the right reasons, is open about his reasons, and doesn't override other people using authority he doesn't have, it's hard to see him as underhanded. So the guy who made the decision stage-managed a meeting to dramatize his reasons for deciding as he did -- so what? The guy presenting the slide deck hid his opinion about the deal, but only for dramatic purposes, and only at a point where his opinion had ceased to matter because the exec in charge had already made up his mind.
I sometimes assist people in their attempts at quitting: opioids, alcohol, methamphetamine, cocaine, cannabis, benzodiazepines, nicotine.

Cessation or even harm reduction for nicotine is by far the most difficult, and nicotine in the form of cigarettes is by far the most damaging to health.

"Drugs rank differently on the scale of how difficult they are to quit as well, with nicotine rated by most experts as the most difficult to quit."

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/A_Henningfield_Benowitz.html
Taskforce does collaborative tasks really well. It's already integrated tightly into gmail. Soon I think they'll have gcal integration and phone apps.
Mavenlink.com just rolled out task integration using the Google Tasks API and it was pretty straight forward to build.
Based on the URL/name, I am disappointed this isn't some new way to goof of during boring webinars.

I was expecting some kind of racing game in canvas or destroying elements in the DOM, something like that...
I disagree, but I didn't write this to debate parenting methods so will leave it there.
you can get the Canon 200mm f2.8L lens for $800. great value. It has autofocus (but no stabilizer though)
It should be possible via a combination of Amazon's elastic IPs and the SSL offloading that their ELBs already do.
I find it interesting that most comments here mirror the classic Slashdot iPod review: No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

I think this isn't targeted at the classic computer market, the one that Steve Jobs said is like like trucks. instead, it is an attempt at building a computer market that is closer to general appliances, like TVs or cell phones. Quite similar to iPad's approach, but with more focus on productivity and the web.

Whether it works will depend a lot on marketing, and also on us hackers creating the compelling web ecosystem. I already mostly live just in the browser and many do the same, so maybe the world is ready for this. We'll see
We're buying the smallest home in our area, don't vacation and don't eat out...
If only you could code on it...
Given the precision needed in the arithmetic, I've always wondered if the matrix exponentiating method wouldn't be faster. I've never been motivated enough to actually research it, test it, or think hard about it though...
Thanks - I was struggling to remember where I had heard of a practical application of the Fibonacci sequence in CS. The Fibonacci Heap was it - I'm pretty sure it was mentioned on my CS course and it must have been '87, same year it was published!
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I think he refers to the new mirrorless cameras, such as panasonic gf1 or sony NEX system. but they do have interchangeable lenses
I'd disagree. People consider web-apps (of which the most popular are Facebook, GMail, etc) to be free... Google is competing with the web, not against native binary App Stores.

I think most people understand that the Mac App Store competes with other native-software online stores as well as with brick & mortar stores... the business model of payment for native binaries is well understood.
The original link is the full text of the study, in HTML format, not a citation thereof. If PDF is your preference it's already been linked in the comments here.
A good idea :) You could also look at Textile, which is similar.