skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
My experience from the armed forces is that cool new gear is always nice, but you should never become dependent on it because if it could fail in a battle environment, it's quite likely that it will.

Moreover, additional equipment requires more battery power which means more weight, something that troops already struggle with.

Another trap of fancy gear is that it could increase the perceived distance between you and the residents in the area you're supposed to operate in. Think of it, what would you think if somebody with a massive bullet-proof vest, invisible cloak, night-vision googles and a grenade launcher came walking by your house one night? Winning the hearts and minds of the people around you is critical for any operation, and if you walk around look like inspector gadget, it's easy to forget that the bling in the battle vest isn't your primary life insurance.
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I always wondered if the researchers ended up concluding that pixellized camo was the best simply as a result of their using digital hardware to run the experiments.

I mean, come on, nothing is pixellized like that in the wild.
It'd be nice if the graphs did more than just master. In particular, rubinius has a lot of activity going on in the 'cpp' branch and none of it is visualized anywhere that I can find.
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Maybe they should get married...
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I just submitted my name on TechCrunch, and was really impressed by the nice UI - all contained in the small box. Really nice.
Is 280 North a reference to Beverly Hills Cop II?

Or is it my lack of cultural awareness?
The Practice of Programming (Kernighan and Pike 1999):

"As a personal choice, we tend not to use debuggers beyond getting a stack trace or the value of a variable or two. One reason is that it is easy to get lost in details of complicated data structures and control flow; we find stepping through a program less productive than thinking harder and adding output statements and self-checking code at critical places..."

It's a view that I came around to.
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Looking for a Samurai
I am looking for a Ruby on Rails samurai to partner with in a web app I am developing. You must be a samurai. Rock stars, gurus or even ninjas won't cut it.Though there is a potential for profit, this project is primarily for fun, and if all works well, we might work together on more ambitious projects. I have a CS background with marketing/product dev experience. If this sounds interesting, email me at refpointer at google's email service.
js-kit's comments addon would work if you don't care about having accounts. It's very customizable.
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Flawless prevent defense.
Ask HN: How to virally market an individual website?
My friend is a professional photographer (http://hshahani.com) who feels (and I think, quite rightly so) that a good website and a strong online presence can take his career to the next level.

To this end, he has contracted a designer/developer to create a good looking blog to complement his already impressive online portfolio. Being a photography website it's designed for larger monitors, and in general scrolls horizontally instead of vertically. It's pretty cool as personal websites go - check out his horizontal, all javascript photo blog (http://hshahani.com/php/photoblog.php).

Now that he's done with the website (I'd call its current state beta) and already started pumping content into it and soon out of it (RSS feed is the next feature ...), he grabbed me the local Web 2.0 guy to advise him on how to market it.

I have no idea. I told him that his blog should be about his photoshoots, that he should work on regularly coming up with some linkbait, and that he should forward his more interesting posts to everyone he knows and several people he wants to know via email/facebook/myspace. But all these suggestions were off the cuff - I have no idea if these are good approaches, nor any idea of what he should expect as a return.

So as usual, I turn to the community. Has anybody on here had similar or has anecdotal advice or recommendations?

My friend and I are both looking for answers to questions such as:
- How many readers/browsers can he hope to have in a month or two?
- Are any targeted ads worth paying for?
- Should he CC license some of his work (he's a pro - so no chance of him doing all of it) so others can play with it? Will they if he does?
- What kind of linkbait is good and what kind is bad?
- Where to find traffic?

... and so on. Any specific comments (features you liked, didn't like, would like to see etc) are always welcome as well, tho really it's the marketing part that has us stumped @ the mo ...
There goes the neighborhood!
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Emailing from Amazon EC2 Instance

Experiencing long delays between sending email directly from an EC2 instance, using stock Postfix from Amazon FC Core 8 small AMI.

Elastic IP should fix the objection about lack of fixed IP address, and our IP address is not on any spam blacklists.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Anybody here regularly lift weights?
I am looking for some beta testers for an app I am working on ( http://overtrainer.com/ ). If anybody out there wants to play around and give some feedback I would be greatful.

The app is for planning, logging and tracking results of workouts mainly weight lifting movements right now.

Thanks!
Both debuggers and printf()s have their place. I use both heavily with debugging; DDD's data graph view (http://www.icewalkers.com/scr/n1350/ddd.jpg) is especially invaluable when debugging data structures in C.
Link (for lazy people like me): http://overtrainer.com/
It's one of those programs that I feel I really ought to learn to use (somewhat like emacs) but whenever I try I get that sinking feeling after a while and give up.

At least for gdb, there are some great graphical front-ends like kdbg and (the slightly odd but definitely functional) ddd.
Better user experience? Not for certain kinds of work. If you're in the terminal a lot, for example.

The OS X Aqua terminal really blows, and its X11 terminal isn't much better. I never have any problems with terminal settings under Linux, but every time I try to SSH under OS X some stupid thing happens like the Backspace key doesn't work. X11 is balls slow under OS X, too. Under Linux I can install any software I need in 15 seconds, whereas under OS X, if I need some library or something, I end up searching the 'net and finding some random guy who distributes such-and-such a package for OS X, and it always has a wonky install process (which invariably makes it impossible to uninstall).

So yeah, Linux saves me a LOT of time.
Hey MR FISH I never got the chance to thank you earlier, this really is a useful comment. The first thing I did after reading it was set up a stage and god I am so much more relaxed during deployment.

Bug tracking etc fall into place in about 2 weeks. Still some API integration to do and a n00b to onboard ... :)
I should point out that I do use OS X for games, web browsing, and casual programming tasks. It's a good OS, but I can't live with it when I'm really trying to be productive.
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I do a morning routine using the program "Body for Life"..
Yes, Presentation Is Almost Everything
It's a view with which I am familiar. In general, I agree that a programmer must reason about code execution, and that a debugger does not replace this process. However: with all due respect, a symbolic debugger is invaluable while trying to figure why inherited, legacy, spaghetti-ridden code which relies on pearls like parallel arrays in multiple different data structures being in sync crashes at 3 o'clock in the morning.
How to virally market an individual website?
You don't. Simply saying "viral" doesn't make it so.

How many readers/browsers can he hope to have in a month or two?
Totally depends on how he does as a blogger. Write great content, get readers. Write shoddy content, get naysayers.

Should he CC license some of his work (he's a pro - so no chance of him doing all of it) so others can play with it?
Yes, but not soley so others can 'play' with it. License it to protect his work and his name.

What kind of linkbait is good and what kind is bad?
Personally, I think all linkbait is bad if you're creating it for the sole purpose of labeling it as linkbait. Make quality content, give people something to read, don't just dangle flashy headings in their face and then let them down with bad or even irrelevant content.

All of what you're asking is dependent on your content. Don't fall into the corporate America trap of thinking because you use the latest techniques and resources you've got the right to use buzzwords inappropriately. Viral marketing movements are organic, unpredictable, but most importantly: they aren't made. They happen.
If by cleaning you mean mindlessly sweeping a broom, sure. But this guy has all sorts of interesting tools, techniques, and strategies.
Don't send email directly from an EC2 instance. Even if you have a fixed IP address.

It sucks, but if you do send email directly from EC2, you'll run into (a) idiots like godaddy who block all email originating from EC2, and (b) spam filters which check reverse DNS, see that the reverse DNS is basically just the IP address spelled out, and (incorrectly) conclude that it must be a dynamic IP address.

Regardless of what problems you're experiencing right now, if you want to avoid problems in the future I recommend paying for an SMTP relay like authsmtp.com (not a personal recommendation -- I've never used them, but lots of people on the AWS EC2 web forum recommend them).
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I do use OS X for games, web browsing, and casual programming tasks.

It's been a while since I looked into games on Linux, but if this is correct, things are worse than I could have imagined.
Looks awesome. Congrats guys.
Unfortunate Chrome File Save Bug
I've just found out that Chrome is unable to save a file in a directory that has the same file name, even though the prompt to save appears and the user clicks it. This is especially bad in my case as I use the save as option to save original source email from gmail to archive in my workflow system. I now have to go back and replace all those emails unfortunately. This officially ends my trial use of Chrome until the next release, as much as I enjoyed the speed and especially the app view.
I wonder why they decided they really wanted to use the JVM (not saying it doesn't make sense, its just its not mentioned in that presentation).
Thanks Immad :)
That's an interesting approach, similar to the soft/hollywood launch discussion earlier (sorry can't find the link).

Have you got any examples of startups that have launched successfully in this manner?
I am of the opinion that lifting weights is just damage and not really useful in comparison to many other activities.

I was a college football player and could put 375lb above my head, squat over 500lb and bench press 225lb over 30 times.

That said. That is not health, but damage.

Unless you can move your own body weight efficiently what is the point in lifting metal.

Try Tai Chi or some form of movement that works on integrating the control of the entire body. Almost all weightlifting is isolating muscles and detaching the control of the muscles from each other.

Muscles are also one of the weakest parts of the body structurally so strengthening them does little for the overall strength of the body, which is only what most weight lifting succeeds in doing . There are better ways to strengthen the joints and bones and tendons and ligaments.
I have to agree here. My personal t42p thinkpad running ubuntu 'feels' just as fast as my work MacBook Pro. I also think the build quality of Apple laptops is very inferior to the thinkpads.

However, the MBP is just more 'fun' to use. So if you have money to burn go for the Apple. If you just need function, get an old x86 laptop and throw ubuntu on there.

Jer
> This time it was all a bit too easy, even wireless and 3D were no-configuration installs. One opportunity to learn new things gone

I for one have plenty of other opportunities to learn new things, all a lot more appealing than an "opportunity" like this, which I have no choice but to pursue (if I want to use my wifi network that is). Learning the intricacies of how wifi works/is configured under Linux is of little interest to me -- I'd rather spend my time getting through the stack of books on my desk. Or writing code. Or a hundred other things.

I presume this is true for most of us here.
Have you ever bought a computer at the apple store? It takes more than an hour just for them to go through their sales pitch while they try to sell you on apple care. God forbid you know what you want, and just want to get out of there with it in hand.

The Apple products are fun to use but given the price premium the build quality is questionable, and the machine itself is rather slow.

Jer
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Half right, half wrong. Lifting weights in isolation is useful but not particularly. However lifting weights with some exercise for careful movement control like Tai Chi is the best combo. Tai Chi just by itself is useful but without some alternate workouts, its doesn't help cardiovascular stamina and normally low load muscles like the biceps. However, given a choice between just Tai Chi and just weight lifting, I would choose Tai Chi any day.

The weakest part of the body is bullshit. The strongest parts are the bones but that because they are structural elements and nothing else. The most you can do with bones is stand upright (and even that only after very careful balancing). If you want to actually do anything, you need muscles. Furthermore, bones can not apply any force without muscles. Even in soft martial arts like Tai Chi which use the weight of the entire body, muscles are needed for control. Furthermore, even in Tai Chi, strong laterals and abs are an absolute must because all movement stems from the hips and is supported by the thighs. Without these two, you are screwed.

Lastly, while Tai Chi works on integrating the control of the entire body, it also tries to make the user aware of all the individual muscles in their body.
Sure, but I mean parts of Rails are better than Django.

For example, I think Rails has better support for migrations than Django. Its not a huge, "game-changing" kind of difference, but its an instance of something that Rails surpasses Django in a core area. There are similar examples of Django being better.

I just think great-grandparent comment is a really lame analysis of technology. "This thing is better than other thing." Thanks for your deep analysis there sir!
Thanks Richard. :)
Use kettlebells. Most of the mixed martial arts use kettlebell lifting because you get strength plus explosive strength plus control/movement.

Bias against weight-lifting is unfounded. Most other options do not provide the bone-strengthening that weight lifting does.

In support of your point, however, there is also the joint stress of weights. Kettlebell lifting addresses this via static lifts and swings that strengthen the joints.

You can also get a decent cardio benefit from fast-paced kettlebell swing movements.
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I thought Processing.js was just one such framework to work on top of Canvas.
I've used ssl+basic-auth for providing API.
Despite of a lack of good implementations of browsers, I think this is the best way for identifying user from its simplicity.
How do you think?
This will be perfect for the Superbowl tickets we're (hopefully) going to give away. At the very least, Tshirts.
I used to lift a couple times a day and am looking to get back into it, though probably only once a day. I'd be happy to test out the app.
> After stock markets closed on Friday, the shares of Fannie and Freddie plummeted. Fannie was trading around $5.50, down from $70 a year ago. Freddie was trading at about $4, down from about $65 a year ago.

It looks like a good time to buy Fannie & Freddie stock!
Interestingly, I wasn't going to go to the site until I saw your link and clicked it.
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I agree completely - contingent on getting good roommates of course.

1. Keeps you sane having other people about.
2. Means you're in a big place. Staying and working in a studio would be claustrophobic.
3. You will probably meet other people.
4. It's loads cheaper...

Course, if the flatmates aren't the right people then it would be hell on earth.

You should probably be upfront if you're planning on working from home - wouldn't suit everyone.
How do we get the app or contact you for feedback?

Your page seems to only have a sign-up for notifications, but doesn't send a response...

BTW - I've been looking for, and even considered developing, an iPhone app like this. Most are made for runners and calorie-counters, not work-outs.
Me too!

Oh wait no, this is HN, not a general discussion forum. My bad.
>>Now that the Mac runs on the "x86" architecture, there is no more need to debate the price of a Mac vs. the price of an IBM, or Acer, or Dell, etc., etc. Why?

Why? Because now that they use the same hardware, you can see exactly how much the Apple industrial design is costing you. Hint: It's a lot.
By leveraging the JVM, they were able to re-use existing compiled Java classes alongside the Scala classes.

Slide 25 hints at this, but I seem to recall Alex saying they used the Java-based Apache HttpClient in their test cases.
I would hire him, but then I'd have to sell my car.
"There are better ways to strengthen the joints and bones and tendons and ligaments."

First, lifting weights does strengthen bones via Wolff's Law. Second, lifting also strengthens tendons and ligaments, but probably not the kind of lifting you did for football. To strengthen these, you'd do something like 4 x 100 squats with 115lbs, ass to ankles.
how come this comment has negative points?
Hi EJS,

I'm definitely interesting in testing out the app. I have given a lot of thought to this. I used to work for pumpone.com and know a few of the issues.
Why would you call a site for athletes overtrainer? That's like naming your dating site herpesSpace.
The U.S. mortgage system works like this: Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae make the housing market more liquid by buying up mortgage loans satisfying reasonable criteria. Other banks can issue mortgages and then immediately resell the loans back to Fannie and Freddie. This makes it easy to get a mortgage through any bank if you have a reasonable financial history, because the other banks don't have to serve out the loans they issue.

Since Fannie and Freddie were implicitly backed by the Fed, they were able to leverage their capital much more than a normal bank in taking on loans -- only a few percent of their issued loans were backed up by real money. These beasts were designed to be too big to fail, and in the unlikely event that they did fail, the companies' histories indicated that the Fed would step in. This is a huge advantage for the two companies, and over the years they essentially squeezed other banks out of the prime mortgage market.

The entire housing market therefore depends on the ability of Fannie and Freddie to buy up the mortgage loans that other banks issue. Without them, the pool of available capital to support those loans would suddenly shrink dramatically, meaning much fewer loans can be issued. Meaning none of us could buy a house for the next few years.

The Fed is stepping in because (1) they created both companies originally, though they cut the umbilical cord at some point; (2) they're still tied into the companies' finances in various ways; and (3) crippling the housing market and setting off a chain reaction of more bank collapses is not something this economy needs, particularly in an election year. There are a few other government-sponsored enterprises that would also get this sort of rescue if needed. Boeing isn't one of them, but as a matter of national security, I doubt the government would allow them to fail. (I still can't quite explain why Bear Stearns got bailed out, but they did.)
You must be a samurai. Rock stars, gurus or even ninjas won't cut it.

I hope this is meant to be as sarcastic as I imagine in my mind, otherwise I may start raging.
Sorry I should have said please leave contact info, or email me at erick@overtrainer.com if you would like to do some testing with it

Sorry about the ambiguity!
seems like for most of them his main concern is that the site isn't launched before he got there. He seems to have dismissed them even before they launched.
thanks that is extremely helpful, I think you've hit the nail on the head.

this might sound cheesy, but for a temporary kluge what would you think of setting up a mail rely behind a home DSL connection?
I suppose he has a point if you're a regular Scoble reader. I hardly know him (I know of him though), so I'm exactly sure what his complaints are targeting.

Websites that aren't catchy enough, because they don't have videos? Or they're not in English?

I would have taken to the article better had their been a bit of constructive suggestions to correspond with the general whining. But perhaps the rest of his articles always go over that kind of thing?
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I guess some people enjoy arguing these beaten-to-death talking points even further. Sigh.
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Hey, I lift almost everyday as well as doing cardio. I'd love to check out your app and give you some feedback.

EDIT: sorry, realized i forgot my contact info and emailed you instead
I think his main concern is that they're not TechCrunch50 sites (he's a judge or something, though he seems to have forgotten the disclaimer he used in one of his first Demo-trashing posts).
Is there a person looking through binoculars midway between 4, 5, and 6?
Of course I am being sarcastic. I have seen these terms overused and abused a lot recently.
I use Rational Purify, which shows all memory leaks, and Rational Quantify, which gives statistics.

Purify stops leaks.
Quantify allows adding a few hacks to give 20x speedup, sometimes 100x with practise.

Windows only AFAIK.
How to create wealth: get a government contract and persuade them that they need your software. Charge massive license and consulting fees.
You could easily apply the same logic to the current presidential campaigns.
My website sucks, too. And you know what? I really don't care.

I'm building a secure backup service. I'm not building a website. After signing up and downloading the client code, there's no need for people to visit the website.

Yes, a website says something about a company. I'd rather have a website which says "I'm too busy writing code to make this look good" than a website which says "I care more about looking good than about the service I'm providing".
What a twit. Most of those sites seem fine and the one that's not in English is actually a company and there's an English version of the page (should be highlighted, but still accessible).
Not to worry -- this new website is already passe, eclipsed by Capessa and others of higher quality.
Aren't most of these sites using 'Demo' as the launch platform?
Therefore, why would they be expected to have more than this up before they launched.
Maybe the policy of releasing the list of Demo presenters on the weekend before the conference is more the problem than the presenting sites websites.

Would Scoble have been pissed if he showed up at the Olympics in June and there was no sports going on?
Patience young grasshopper.
Yes, I think you're right. Updated.
Smart idea. Great job!