skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Due to strong demand, we added those within two days (although we are still working out some seating chart bugs). http://is.gd/1qVd

We take our users very seriously. Please let me know if you have any other suggestions.
Yelp 'pay to play' pitch makes shops scream for help
Twitter kills SMS service in some countries over costs. Will someone kill SMS already?
YUI 3.0 Preview Release 1
Agreed. It has come to the point that groups must either concede that their work will be exposed to external entities, or miss out on such tools.
And presumably, once you handle those, the market becomes more efficient, and almost everyone, including you guys, come out smiling. :-)
Talking To Pirates
Hmmm... simple stuff turned up mostly topical, so I tried Pierre Herme, a famous French pastry chef (at least if you follow French pastry). The top result was a stub article for a French immunologist; others include a musician and a TV newscaster.
Low-Tech Camera Uses No-Tech Gravity to Drop Viewers Into the Pool
It took two whole days huh? ;)

Looks like my stubhub bookmark gets replaced tomorrow. Thanks for letting me know!
That's a big lesson for small-scale mobile-based start-ups: Whatever you do in this space, you must start with a sustainable business model.

In my previous start-up we ignored that fact, and we failed. Unfortunately, the mobile space is not as "free" as the Internet. Especially here in the US, we basically have an oligopoly, so don't think you can just build something and "put it out there"... Everything you do will have a cost, and someone will have to eat that -- Either you or your customer.
Exactly - even if our commissions are slashed 75% we'd make it up in volume (famous last words right?) because there's very little to no incremental cost.

But it doesn't really matter since we're not doing it for the $$.
So? The case is still one of eugenics and inherited traits and not really related to evolution. (Unless she's making the claim that "Evolution predicts that genetics works", except that I doubt that even the most moronic of creationists would deny that.)
The All American Touchdown Derby, A Unique Take On Fantasy Football
Since I read that essay, every week when my wife and I do our weekly chores I try to make a point of getting rid of some of our stuff. Even though neither of us are pack rats we've accumulated for too much stuff we'll never use. Honestly, I've found it really helpful in keeping the house clean and given me a little bit of peace of mind.
Why Norwegian is the easiest language for English speakers to learn
I don't think you can blame globalization for that,
-technology has eliminated many jobs
-companies have become more efficient at "desklling" workers into more narrowly defined roles (and so paying lower wages)

if you want to attack free markets, why not go further and advocate barriers on inter-state commerce within the US.
"The other benefits of the college experience don't require college anyway, and are cost-prohibitive to a lot of people."

The benefits of college are benefits because you cannot get them otherwise. It is a fallacy to claim otherwise.
Why Safe Kids Are Becoming Fat Kids
Delicious "adds" are very much encouraged.
http://is.gd/1qW4

Not only do their users tend to visit 3-4 more pages than the average user, we've received a consistent flow of delicious traffic ever since appearing on their front page.
http://i37.tinypic.com/20ghaom.png

We have more delicious "adds" than Stubhub. Thanks guys.
Microsoft Research develops yet another 3D photo viewer (new video, watch till the end)
There are almost no links going in or out of his page, and since our algorithm is mostly, as our name implies, graph based that means that there's not much we can do there currently. He's the rare case of a reasonably well written article that doesn't really use Wiki markup. I started to say, "We'll be adding the French Wikipedia soon, it should be better there." But then I saw that the English entry is just a translation of the French one, with the same lack of links.

We'll be adding other techniques to our analysis over time though, this is just our first step...
The point was made with my first post and then some confusion was found so I clarified. I see no harm in that...
Derek Sivers: Reversible business models
Carriers are making heaps of cash from SMS, no way its going to die soon
"It's my personal fantasy. Impractical perhaps?"

There were actually three or four test schools operated this way during the 70s. The literature on them is really interesting.

http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal?_nfpb=true&...
I think once this is added you guys will be money. I'm excited, as a consumer!
The secret to winning second place is to warm up with a spirit bomb.
Use the money to buy freedom, not stuff. That's the secret.
You're right, they don't want that cash cow leaving anytime soon. But when iPhone gets their act together and allow for background applications, it will be a death knell.

Even now, some of my friends will "ping" me with SMS and then we will switch over to GTalk to save our monthly messages, especially if we plan on having an extended convo.
I am not so sure his idea of taking off the internet based registration for any of his games is a good idea. The authors target market is not people who are going to steal his product... it is people who can and want to pay for it.

By giving it away free and simply hoping people will pay for it, he will go broke fast.

He should be happy that people are pirating his game, somewhat, as that creates a buzz that will get people to pay for it who don't want to spend there time messing around trying to get it. The people who steal the game, were likely never going to pay for it, and they are more like a marketing expense.
A Whole New Arena
A few articles back I spoke about Virtual Living, I decided to take a better look at this business and here’s what I learnt. There are many virtual world platforms today. The biggest
commercial start to virtual gathering was the computer game World of Warcraft. or those who don’t know, World of Warcraft is the fourth iteration of the game Warcraft.
I assume you have seen Ninjatickets.com which essentially does the same thing. Competition never hurts.
We are pretty much in the same shoes.

I'd suggest entrepreneur too. More specifically, an entrepreneur who can integrate different fields together to create new field. And at some point you will have to become the specialist of that new field. So you gotta throw away the jack-of-all-trade mentality.

I'm a musician too. So let's use music analogue. Good musicians often can play in many different musical styles. (a jack-of-all-trade) However, great musicians experiment with various styles and create new ones. (e.g. Duke Ellington for early jazz) Here's the critical part. Plenty of musicians "experiment" but they don't master these new styles or techniques. The work is lost and they will be forgotten. But the one who do master them will move music into a new era.

Being a jack-of-all-trade means you can learn very well. So use that ability to learn something very well.
I always thought "proper-safety" was uttered with bullshitty intentions.
yelp is apparently operating a protection racket. its sad that they go
after small businesses who cannot afford to fight, sue or organize
collectively against yelp. large or established businesses simply
don't give a shit what the astroturfers and cranks on yelp have to
say (nor should they)

my advice: ignore yelp, its a huge astroturf/troll board. most of the
posters are griefers, they would rather post something witty than
accurate. i don't think any legit business that serves its customers
decently is going to go under due to yelp trolls. most reviews on the
site are so uninformed that i tend to treat them as a contrary
indicator
The Military Wants to Control Your Mind
Let's say that a township little league wants to put its foot down and take the stance that there's no way they'll ban sliding into bases, as that's not baseball, and as a result it just isn't American.

The insurance company says that for the little league to get insurance it's going to cost twice as much if they allow sliding. Hence the little league has no choice but the pass on the cost of participation to the parents of the kids in the league. Or...the kids won't ever know what it's like to slide into a base. What an unfortunate situation.

The rising costs of insurance are preventing children from getting enough exercise, and hence leading to health problems in the future costing the insurance companies more money in health related payouts. If this is the case, then they should be able to offset any short term liability payouts by the long term gains of a healthier society.
GUIDs are Great
Goodbye Web 2.0... Welcome Cloud Computing
And thus, we have java?

(Well, and Haskell.)
sms is the single most popular messaging system in the world. more sms messages are sent per day than emails. its not going anywhere.
Using Google App Engine With Amazon Web Services
This is just the sort of comment I really appreciate. I was on the fence as to whether or not to click through to the article and your comment helped me decide.
The 34 Women That Won The Nobel Prize
The WSJ isn't a conservative/Republican paper. It's actually just plutocratic.
Yep and seats.com, seatservant.com, seatquest.com, ticketshock.com, ticketwood.com, and tickex.com and some other ones that I'm not supposed to know about who are in stealth.

Well, we’ve been launched about a week and we’re already profitable. Also, we receive more traffic than about half of them and definitely have one of the better user interfaces.

Luckily this market is so massive that there’s room for many players (e.g. think of all the travel sites out there).
Although we like to think we can be the best one. :)
Flixwagon or Qik on the Nokia N95
One of my friends was in a full body cast for about four months because when he was in sixth grade someone slid into him while playing baseball and broke one of his legs and his pelvis. My little brother also broke his leg when someone slid into him. Neither has any persisting problems, but a lot of kids do. I have a friend whose legs are different lengths because she stepped in a hole while playing soccer and fractured her growth plates.

Don't get me wrong, I agree with the article, but also realize that their argument is a straw man. Of course playground equipment that has the potential to give one a scrape or a bruise is good, assuming your kid is one of the ones who gets a scrape or a bruise. If your kid is one of the ones who dies or develops some lifelong problem then it's a different story.
Pretty neat. Technically things all fall at the same rate in a vacuum, but will vary slightly due to air resistance. I wonder if the camera was designed at all to have similar aerodynamics to a diver, or if the probably tiny difference is just easily accounted for by the pan and tilt.
34 women "who" won the nobel prize. Please get the grammar right. "That" implies an object. "Who" implies a person.
Carriers will do everything they can to get your money have a read: http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/13/google-ally-t-mobile-looks...

They will block apps in a heart beat that will deliver a cheaper way to pass massages.

Please remember that you (bparter) are the minority when talking about SMS
There is no such thing as being 100% safe. Gotta let them go out and do their thing.
Mr.adetola korede
How can i get free loan or grant from Nigeria
I'd be careful about coming to conclusions based on that survey. A large number of people who actually belong in the last category will try to rationalize their theft as "I don't like DRM" or "it's too expensive" (though his games probably cost half of what they spend on SMS each month) "intellectual property is fascism", etc. I'd bet that almost all of them really just want games and don't want to pay for them.
Patiently waiting to have a copy
Eh... does it really need to be classified anymore? It pains me to say I am working on something in the Web 2.0 space.
Just in time for the YC Demo Day tomorrow.
This is why I own nothing; there's nothing to lose and no one has any leverage over me with anything.
The Language Squint Test
Good article. Fact of the matter is that academia has evolved over the decades into an ideologigal monolith. A stifling regiment of ideological political correctness.

In current times most young people would be well advised to avoid Universities and Colleges. After 4 years of classes they come out dumber than when they went in.
It's being replaced by different spending patterns. It's a cycle, and I don't expect it to go away permanently by any means. But it's now sort of frowned upon by educated elites, whereas spending the same amount of money on an imported marble shower is en vogue.

Read Bobos In Paradise for a detail as to why.
I suppose there is an equilibrium point in every scenario.

A surgeon with a steak knife is preferable to me with a scalpel but not a medical student with a scalpel.

But I guess the point is scalpels are usually easier to get then surgeons (or med students). And their quality scale is more finite.
Ha. My car is a $50k SUV. It's not exactly a chick magnet.

I'm guessing he's talking more about uber-expensive sports cars with 12 cyl engines.

But you're right, everyone should have a Japanese luxury car.
10 weird social networks. 
My favorite, myfreeimplants.com. The same concept should be applied to education.
EDIT: Ok it gets even dumber with Beautifulpeople.com. The site only accept attractive people. Now this site will not work for the vast majority of HN readers. No, No. Not because of your looks, but it requires you to use IE, and I believe most readers here do not. Well, fire up IE and check it out.
fuck off with "clouds" already

cloud == servers.

not so glamorous sounding now, is it?
"... Why Safe Kids Are Becoming Fat Kids ..."

There was another thread on a similar theme that is important ...

"... 'Risk-taking increases the resilience of children,' said one. 'It helps them make judgments,' said another. Some of those interviewed blamed the 'cotton wool' culture for the fact that today's children were playing it too safe ..." ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267048

I'd agree with that. One of the problems with not letting people try things is they have no real gauge on what is dangerous and what is not. So they tend to over react to things that are not dangerous and underestimate the danger when it really exists. I added more here ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=268065

My conclusions still hold ... "There is a downside though. If you do make a mistake there is a pretty good chance you will get injured. If you don't, you will fail to build up the store of experiences that you can call on in the future" ~ http://flickr.com/photos/bootload/2730793708/
Alright then. Hopefully my comment didn't come off too aggressive...
To add to that: How many of http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html could be cracked by Apple?

I think 1, 2, 17, 27, they do, probably will do or are uniquely positioned to do.

They could have as good a crack as any another half dozen.

Come to think of it: "17. New payment methods" might be one for Google. I mean, the key(s) seem like they might be around millions of users with accounts & easy, frictionless interface. Google checkout's not really changing the word though.
absolutely everyone i know with the new rim curve wants to dump it for an iphone. i know no one who wants to dump the 3g iphone for the curve
steve jobs is our mussolini. he makes the trains run on time and in fashion. he has settled the issue once and for all of consensus-driven management vs the product czar style. you get something shiny and brilliant, but you pay more and have no freedom. jobs is obsessed with control. that is the only thing that can possibly derail these pricks
this is the kind of thing that can only be implemented 1 company at a time. trying to make some sort of organization to do it would create problems.
My favorite, myfreeimplants.com. The same concept should be applied to education.
EDIT: Ok it gets even dumber with Beautifulpeople.com. The site only accepts attractive people. Now this site will not work for the vast majority of HN readers. No, No. Not because of your looks, but it requires you to use IE, and I believe most readers here do not. Well, fire up IE and check it out.
Design & Computation
> Because a personal chef doesn't show how wealthy you are every time you go anywhere.

I personally know a guy who consciously wanted to flaunt his (newfound) wealth. He bought a Ferrari. He was unhappy to find that he was always having to park it when he went out..leading to no one he was around really knowing he had it at all. He was thoroughly teased for being frustrated by this.
AppStore Developer TapTapTap Publishes Sales Figures
"The rising costs of insurance are preventing children from getting enough exercise, and hence leading to health problems in the future costing the insurance companies more money in health related payouts. If this is the case, then they should be able to offset any short term liability payouts by the long term gains of a healthier society."

I think the insurance companies will simply adjust their prices upward to compensate.
Intel PCs to wakeup for VOIP calls
>I want someone who is smart, passionate, loves to learn, thinks creatively, knows how to write, and is enjoyable to work with. These things can't be governed by a certificate system.

Yea, plus, those details can change with time. People can be moody, motivated one day, slack the next. Those details can be influenced by a lot of internal & external factors. So yea, that's a good point.
There's only one Mac laptop keyboard
I did consider it, but thought it was outdated. As you (and 2 other jQuery hackers) think it is relevant, I have added it to the list under "Cheatsheets". Thanks for the reminder :)
Perhaps a lifelong problem like heart disease, diabetes, or stroke?

Seriously. How far do we take it? I knew a kid once who broke his little finger playing "Speed Uno". Is that too dangerous? Maybe the kids should all walk while playing soccer. There is a point somewhere, before the absurdity of tort law forces us all into padded rooms, where it doesn't matter anyway. Our bodies are safe but we've all ceased to live.
BoxOffice returns to the App Store
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.
As far as I call tell Wundrbar is a complete rip-off of YubNub:

http://yubnub.org/
Having overprotective parents growing up in the burbs sucks. You grow up not feeling real. You grow up with this instinctive sense that you're missing something vital. I didn't know I was allowed by the universe to do anything that was messy, organic, or risky. I grew up with the idea that it wasn't for me: That I'd never dance so that someone would want to dance with me, or play music so someone would listen to me for a reason other than politeness, or kiss a girl, or do anything that couldn't be explained entirely in rational terms. I had to claim all that for myself, somehow in spite of my best judgment that it wasn't meant for me. It's a good thing that hormones make teenagers crazy. If I had been sane, I would've just quietly gone through all the motions, and accepted the overwhelming evidence that fate hadn't meant for me to really live.

Oh, wait, is this Hacker News or MySpace?
I'm not at liberty to give many details, but it was/is related to an online multiplayer implementation of a board-base RPG.
ECMAScript Harmony
It'll take a lot to beat eBay (who owns PayPal) in this space.

> "key(s) seem like they might be around millions of users with accounts & easy, frictionless interface"

Fwiw, Yahoo & Microsoft both have way more users than Google. But Google probably has most of the early-adopter crowd.
What do the freaking tech bloggers want?
What the? This was rambling nonsense.

Basic lesson for anyone: if you get money, and you're not used to having money, put it in a cash saving account for a while and get used to it. Afterwards learn about investments and slowly start putting your money to work for you. Use what you need to become financially independent (eg paying off old loans, buying a decent car), but don't squander it.

Then you're golden and once you're debt free you'll realise money isn't everything and you can enjoy being frugal and saving money towards your kids, charity, etc, and not stuff.
The example of certification-based credentials mentioned in the article, the CPA exam, is a bad one since you have to have a bachelor's degree in order to take the exam. It doesn't matter if you could ace it on your first try, most state accountancy boards require 150 hours of college credit before you can take the CPA. This restricts the supply of accountants and keeps accountant salary high.

There was a movement a few years back to increase the requirement to a full Master's degree. It's totally unnecessary to be a good accountant.
Not only is the market massive, there's tons of inefficiency to exploit for profit potential. I'm very jealous!
Maybe it's different on OpenBSD, but I think the spec says they're essentially equivalent; i.e. it's permissible to just call malloc with the product from within calloc
He didn't actually say he was using C, and I always include the cast. It's more portable, and doesn't really clutter the code since everyone is used to seeing that exact expression
Django on Jython: It's here
History of 404 Error Code
"Java and C# programmers will feel at home with Fan's curly brace syntax."

Seriously? Because my first fear when using a language is that it won't have braces, and I'll be lost and confused. I still can't look at Python code without feeling sheer terror grip me
Maybe this is why Yahoo Messenger is not on the iPhone? A full iPhone implementation of YMessenger with the push notification would have the exact same functionality as SMS and more. You don't even need background processes for this!
Speaking of the voting system, why is there no downvote on the comment that started this thread? I have down arrows for all the others, but not that one. I'm still a little hazy on how karma affects all this, so maybe it's something to do with that
Web 2.0 was a pretty annoying term, but it was at least loosely defined as something. Basically if you had some mix of HTML, Javascript and XMLHttpRequests doing stuff without complete page reloads, you were more or less there. Add some social context to it and you were hot.

Cloud computing on the other has to be the fuzziest, least definable, over-hyped buzz-word I have heard in a long. When people started calling a networked machine with a web-browser a "cloud computing device", it totally broke my bullshit-meter and the tolerance for the word approached zero.

That Amazon S3 incident also showed that all that "guaranteed uptime" supposedly promised by the "cloud infrastructure" was pretty much all fiction.

Without a second thought, too busy to do a reality-check, people started talking about setting up "cloud balancers", using multiple cloud providers and what not, to maintain uptime. Obviously not realizing they were full of shit, too busy chasing a hype instead of a working solution.

I'll stick to local storage, local DBs, you know a proven solution without the added risk of externalizing your core data and services, thank you very much.
You said "Murray has crunched the numbers rather than counting the anecdotes" which may be true, but he crunched the numbers in The Bell Curve too.

Given The Bell Curve, none of his number-crunching statements are believable, without close scrutiny.
I do know who Barbara Ehrenreich is, and I agree much more with her than with Murray, but calling her a socialist is typical political name-calling.

Edit: changed "right-wing" in the last sentence to "political" as being more accurate and less political.
http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/03/16/fast-and-easy-posting-u...
I'm from the future. I bring you this piece of archival footage showing the week prior to Skynet becoming self-aware:

http://qik.com/video/156187
USB 3.0 now available
Device Creates Energy, Fuel, and Usable Compost from Trash