skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This seems a rather simplistic approach when analysing sentiment in a country known the world over for truly impenetrable sarcasm, and the application of irony so blunt that it often boils down to simply stating the exact opposite to what you actually mean, often with a total absence of syntactic cues that this is happening.

The humour that brits derive from this often seems like it is defined by fact that these cues aren't there at all. In short, I think you'd have to do a lot of quite complex higher order link analysis to determine people's true opinions.

In this example, the royal wedding, imagine the following tweet: "This is a fantastic and important day for britain, a fabulous use of public money, I feel so proud to celebrate such a deserving couple!!"

Put it like this, I wouldn't bet money on a simple word scoring algorithm getting the intended sentiment correct here.
Not an issue, since the US doesn't really experience tsunami'es.
Hooray for juice! Though I'm still skeptical that the drinks actually matter; if you enclose people in a limited-senses environment (like a bar where the t.v. is muted and doesn't have anything interesting on anyway) for long enough they're going to start talking to each other and entertaining themselves that way. Do you know of any studies into this? It's fun to speculate about at least.

> All these things apply to cigarettes too, which goes some way to explaining their tenacious grip on some social groups despite their lack of tangible benefits, (ie. they dont get you high)

I thought that was better explained primarily by the addictiveness of cigarettes and then by the social outcasting of smokers forcing them to band together.
What did you use to create that visualization? I'm running a Monte Carlo simulation of > 1 billion photons propagating through water, and I'd like to visualize it better.
After writing that article I've learned about another tool.
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> I run my own mail server with a roundcube frontend
> interface, for $5 a month (if that) on Amazon EC2.

How well does outgoing mail work for you?

Amazon EC2 IP ranges are considered a large enough source of spam for many people that they are blocked wholesale.
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There was a good thread on thsis a year or so ago:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1503137
Your pesky facts are getting in the way of a public outcry against anything nuclear!

But seriously, the US has things like earthquakes, tornadoes, a supervolcano, hurricanes in the southeast, and random acts of god in the bible belt...
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That’d be nasty.
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Web designers are raging with excitement and renewed passion for typography as browsers advance, as web services emerge, and as doing fantastic things with text generally becomes a whole lot easier. Sure, we have had the likes of Cufon and sIFR for some time now, and they continue to be very useful, but typography has advanced far beyond and is a more natural part of website architectures now.
I don't know where it's coming from, but I can no longer get the market to install a couple tethering apps that I once could (US, Verizon, original Droid).

I'm rooted, so it doesn't matter, but this is definitely happening.
> Suppose multiple developers are compiling a C++ .dll which testers are grabbing through websvn and testing.

The DLL is a compilation output, it's not to be in source control.

> To track down crashes they get, we need the associated .pdb for the right revision. Where should these files be kept?

To track down crashes they need the DLL to start with.

Testers should either have the ability to build the project on their machine, or they should be able to grab the output from the CI server (just go to the CI server, open the latest correct (compiled, tested, green) revision, grab files from there and test that.
In a plain folder where each revision gets its own subfolder named as the revision number?

That, yes.

What's the point of versioning a build? After it's built, it will never change. Back it up, of course. But don't version it.

Automate your build and let it do the checking-out, compiling, testing, tagging, copying, emailing and what not, for all eternity.
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If the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts leaking nuclear reactors will be the least of America's worries.
He was the self professed architect of 9/11. Give me an fucking break. Hitler was never tried in court, does that make him not a murderer?
Yeah, I did that on Verizon one time when our DSL went out for a few days. I got a bill for $700 in overages. Sprint is better, it's about $30/mo. for unlimited (yes, actually unlimited) tethering.
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Looks like Google is becoming more and more closed as the day goes on. Where is your open-source god now?
> One should be able to commit every little meaningful change he has made, with a equally meaningful commit message.

If your commit is broken, it's not meaningful, it's just broken.

> If you wait until everything works you'll end with huge meaningless conflicting commits.

Reading comprehension, please. b0sk talked about commits which can not be built. It's a very clear and simple requirement and it definitely does not mean is not feature-complete.

> Of course it is quite annoying if you use a centralized SCM since everything you commit becomes public. Well this is actually why you should not use centralized SCM.

There really is no relation, and a DVCS will not save you when an axe-murderer with a short temper tries to bisect a bug, and you break his bisection because your commits made the whole project un-buildable.
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Neither should anyone lacking a sense of humour...
Tethering is built into Android from Version 2.3 (or even 2.3), no marketplace apps needed.

Anyway, I don't understand what Google is supposed to do if carriers choose to disable it. Maybe customers should be looking into other carriers if they don't like the way their carriers conduct business.
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In fact, something most forget about android, you don't even need to be rooted to still install the applications, just download them from the companies website and you can install on your own. Unless you're on AT&T, who disabled that choice on their phones.
Thanks for your input Jonnie, you've highlighted one of the main limitations of text-based sentiment analysis. I've never always asserted that the sentiment derived from this study is not indicitive of "true" sentiment of an individual person. Rather, the sentiment derived here is simply saying that people on Twitter are using particular words that connotate happiness or sadness.

This is the same limitation that most other studies have found, but it doesn't make the results any less interesting.

Another way to look at it is as signal-to-noise. Whatever stereotypes of the UK exists, we don't all talk sarcastically (at least not all the time). Because of this the majority of tweets, which are probably not sarcastic, average out the hard to read tweets. Again, this is something that other studies have found as well.

My aim here isn't to fault the method of sentiment analysis. I'll leave that to the guys at Florida University who created it. :)
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The point of Design Within Reach is not to sell well-designed products at low prices, but to sell well-designed products (mainly furniture) that would otherwise be impossible to buy through normal retail channels. "Within reach" refers to availability, not affordability.
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Here's another bit of sunshine to brighten your day:

Looking at the stats, and hanging out on HN for a while, it occurs to me that having a successful startup might be the coolest thing you do in your life business-wise. A zillion guys kick ass on a startup after college, only to hang around the community for decades afterwards, looking to write a check, trying to get back in on the action. As rare as profitable startups are, repeat entrepreneurs are even rarer. Maybe you're that one-in-ten-million guy. Probably not.

So if it takes 20 years, I wouldn't sweat it. If there's one thing I've learned to believe in, it's that everything in startups takes a lot longer and is a lot harder than you think it is. So even when you imagine this really tough and difficult journey lasting for years, it's probably going to be worse than that.

I'm not saying that to encourage you to give up, I just wouldn't spend a second of my time waiting for the calvary to arrive, because they aren't.
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A CI server solves this issue. We have it set up so that whenever someone commits, the CI Server checks it out, builds, unit tests and then sends nag e-mails to whoever may have inadvertantly broken the build. This also gets rid of the "works on my machine" excuse.
So according to this headline, we have 31 reactors all on the Pacific coast? I don't think so. And none of the reactors follow the design of Fukushima in so far as I know. 3 Mile may have been a nightmare, but it did result in better standards and designs. I think if you poke around even a little bit that should be clear. Can't imagine why the article's writers didn't point that out. Now if you want to fantasize a bit, think about this: all of INEL rests squarely on a very large piece of basalt (with a frosting of lava) all of which came about the last time Yellowstone lost it's cool. Add to that the fact that there are a good deal more than just 31 reactors there (mostly deactivated) and you have the makings of a real party. Won't make a difference to me because if Yellowstone goes up again, I'm within the kill zone, but still...
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Isn't bidding without intention to actually complete the deal market abuse? It certainly is in financial markets. As in, jail time.
you should work on your about page. Do a five minute usability test and ask five random people what puppet does. Hint: The only clue is hidden in the book ad at the very end of the page.
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There are tonnes of studies into the effects of physical and social context on alcohol intoxication. As you might expect, a lot of it is all in the mind (or in the bar.)

Here's just one: http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2...

On the smoking thing, yeah definitely the reasons you mentioned are by far the most important. However I still think it's too often overlooked that a lot of people are effectively using them as "comfort blankets."
You are correct -- there are a few exceptions, and the Playstation was definitely one. Therein lies the difference:

1960-1985: Sony is the gold standard for quality

1995-2010: Sony makes crap, with a few exceptions

Out of context, this may seem like a small difference, but the difference is huge. In the late 50s and early 60s, Sony did not ship a color TV for over a decade because they weren't convinced they could get the quality good enough. When they finally shipped in 1966, Trinitron had brighter pictures than the competition, and the TV sets never broke. The things were expensive, but they were built like a tank. Until the mid-90s or so, every Sony CRT had a full metal cage. You paid a premium, but you got quality.

Today, the majority of Sony products shipped are overpriced lemons. The Sony of yesteryear would never have shipped them.
The public outcry against nuclear power is partially to blame for the Fukushima accident.

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I prefer to fight my battles legally: I'm not giving Sony any more money. They have proven time and time again that they have no regard for their customers and now that they have no idea what security means.

I don't approve of what these hackers are doing, but I thank them for showing me just how bad Sony is.

As for the hackers being Anonymous... People keep trying to treat Anonymous like a terrorist group, but it's not. It's any random person who wants to call themselves that. There's no leader. There's no leadership. There's no spokesperson. Nobody can deny Anonymous involvement.

Sure, there's someone that claims to lead them... But the name itself means he can't deny involvement other than his own.
But good luck decoding one of those suckers if you violate Markov assumptions! And this is the trouble with dating...
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OK, so the alternative is that John Doe's get subpoena'd, and without room for settlement, a civil suit will be brought. How exactly is this better?
I know what you mean... I've actually said that leaving out the decimal point altogether and having 210 quadrillion indivisible bitcoins would have been nice. But then you wouldn't get to see articles about dollar parity, dinar parity, etc. right now, when the project needs attention the most.

Come to think of it, maybe that's the reason.
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Do you think Groupon will regret skipping Google's buyout? Just wondering, so many competitors cropping up.
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Oh I didn't mean to criticise anything you're doing. There's no such thing as bad data mining, only bad analysis of the results :)

I just worry that people in our governments and security services will sieze on work like this which is largely being carried out for the amusement and satisfaction of academics and general geeks, and decide that it is appropriate to make specific judgements about specific people based on the data.

It doesn't help that I read this article just after I woke up this morning:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/may/03/protester-sue-polic...

Combine it with this recent episode: (the guy was eventually convicted and fined)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/18/robin-hood-airpo...

...and with all the recent hype over 'cyberwar,' I start feeling a bit chilly.
brilliant little post, i enjoyed it; dispite some comments here seeming to lack a sense of humour
Of course, as it should be. When one speeds in a car, the owner of the car is liable for the ticket, no matter who the driver. When a dog bites somebody, the owner is liable, even when the owner could do nothing to prevent it. When a tile falls off a roof one somebodies head, the owner of the building is liable, even if he didn't know, had no reasons to suspect of even had no way to know that a tile could come off.

All these situations are so-called risk-liabilities. How else would we solve situations like this?
Great! You have a base to refine your product till it's the cat's meow. There's nothing like word of mouth, better yet, references from businesses who've actually used your product and absolutely love it! You marketing effort should just be the product, but also real verifiable applications of your product. Put together a little marketing video where the existing businesses vouch for your product. <br>
I agree with what #pbreit said as well. Once you have 30-40 mom and pop stores using your devices, not only will you be more confident about what your sell, your potential customers will be too. See if you can target small but high traffic businesses, even if it's lunch truck or a no name pizza joint at a Campus near you. </br>
You've got a great idea, simple and potentially very effective. Iron out the kinks before other competitors get to market. Once again, best of luck!
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I'm pretty lucky I got old enough to use version control after fast, reliable and easy-to-use tools like git and hg were created. Every time I have to interact with a CVS repository I'm like "wow, people actually used to use this everyday".
Very nice read. That also leads me to mention that Github, as good as it is in 'social' coding or whatever that means,
does not fill a gap for a proper resource on how to use Git. Not that it should and it clearly doesn't carry that mandate, but
there is hefty amount of respect to be made for any group that de-mystifies git in all it's glory.

Hell, there are plenty of comments here, on groups and proggit from users that lose their hair over advanced use of git.

In my opinion advanced consulting services and migration planning for currently SVN,CVS engaged companies would be nice.
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First of all, why would you assume that by "usability" I mean "being able to understand and completely master at the first sight"?;
Let me tell you why, because __some__ users of Emacs think that by learning to use some bloated piece of junk software will make them special, that by learning to use Emacs they somehow demonstrate their intellectual superiority among their mates. So you're inferring that people who don't like Emacs or prefer other editors are somehow intellectually inferior to those who learn it and use it.
Well, that is not the case. In fact, if you can achieve exactly the same thing with a simpler, easier to use tool and you're still using the bloated one, it's you who is mentally retarded, not those who use the other tool.
So just to conclude, just spare me and others of this bullshit.
And also please note that I know what usability is, and when I wrote my previous comment I was thinking about very precise Emacs issues which I don't have time and I also don't want to discuss. But that's just the way I feel about Emacs. You might very well use and love it but please don't try to sell me your bullshit.
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Agreed. It's becoming more apparent that individuals within Anonymous or outside are taking credit or making threats on behalf of the group. No one else has yet taken credit for the attack officially though.

Sony is ultimately to be blamed for what is happening here, they were not paying attention to security and now a hundred million people have fallen victim.
Software Architects Need More Respect: Hacker Culture Is Overdone 
Some people would say that I am not qualified to write about software development as I have never written a line of code in my life. But I have spent over 30 years working with some great developers on a wide range of projects and I have seen what works and what does not work.

A few years ago the art of architecting systems for scalability and extensibility started to get a bad press. I think Joel Spolsky was the first to coin the phrase “architecture astronauts“, to describe those who were always designing layers of abstraction but forgetting to deliver code that actually did anything. Then we got the lean start up movement, focusing on the constant iteration that the web enables.

This led to the hacker culture, oriented to “just do it” speed. “Hacker” used to be a term of abuse, but like “punk” it was adopted by those accused as a badge of pride.

That is all good stuff, but methinks it has gone too far. We now see too many systems where the original system has to be totally thrown away. That may be OK if you raised $ gazillions and can now compete with Google and Facebook for a big team of really great engineers. But for most startups, it is not possible. So most startups limp along with the original system. The upshot is:

Hosting bills that really start to bite into cash flow.
Systems that crash too often; a few of these and your users have clicked away to a rival. Yes, we persevered through Twitter fail whales, but is your service really that addictive?
New features take way too long. You either release fast or put in some QA and testing process to avoid brand-killing crashes.
It does not need to be like that. The best developers can do both. They create a scalable and extensible architecture AND deliver quick feature iterations. Sometimes you cannot get one person who can do both – it is rare. One team I worked with solved this by having a 4 person team where:

1 person hacked demos, in the full knowledge that the code would thrown away. He was awesome at this and in full synch with his colleague who:
created the architecture AND the working code. 35 years later, the system is still being used.
2 people who did the ancilliary stuff like testing, documentation and so on. Great surgeons have a team, same is true with great engineers.
I think the problem may be with the pure architect model. No engineer likes being told “here is a perfect architecture, just code it as per that spec”. Going back to the house analogy, we need more architectural engineers who create designs that they know will work and they prove that they work by writing the code.
Oops, you're right! I was misremembering something I had figured out once. It's base-30 that does multiples of 2, 10, and 3 (and 5 etc.). (And 30 is pretty close to a power of 2 so that not much space gets wasted if a BCD-like method is used where the underlying representation is base-2.)
Why do carriers care if I'm accessing my paid-for data via the phone's interface or a tethered computer? It makes no sense to me.
Tabs' information densities are already too high. You can't fit most pages' entire title in the tab, so dedicating space for another icon to something that bothers 0.0001% of users isn't very pragmatic.

Besides, how is the browser going to know? There are many ways that a page could be making noise: <audio>, <video>, Flash, Java, other random plugins

Also, how often do you have multiple tabs playing sound? I guess if you middle-click a lot of Myspace links all at once...

If you're running Chrome, why not disable all plugins by default and then set it up so that you can click to enable as needed? That's what I do!