skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm a long-time del.icio.us user and I feel burned. Performance looks good, but I absolutely hate the new layout, its distracting and completely defeats the original simplistic appeal of the site. It kind of looks like Digg painted blue... and I'm a reddit-kind of guy :P

At least when Microsoft came out with Vista I could choose not to upgrade and keep XP. This really sucks!

Any recommendations on alternatives that are more like "del.icio.us" than "delicious.com"?
The ability to sort my ~1500 bookmarks alphabetically.

That's useful....

<sarcasm detector explodes>
Is there any existing MQ system that is decentralized? I said "may works better" because it is a conjecture limited by my ignorant mind. Internet is essentially decentralized. So if any MQ system can be modified to worked in decentralized environment. Then they may work better than XMPP. I believe the performance of throughput of those system may be higher than XMPP.

On the other hand. If I only have an internal cluster, I will choose to use existing MQ system instead of XMPP. I may want higher throughput, and I don't care authentication of endpoints because they are all trusted. Why do I need all the extra stuff that XMPP demands?

Regarding the case I mentioned in PubSub: It was just an idea. In fact, I was the one who mentioned the idea then. And our CTO and VP of Eng thought it was an interesting idea because in this case, we just wanted to see how does it work out and did a test implementation. And it was pretty flexible for us to use it.

Of course XMPP is not the first MQ system on Internet. SMTP is the first one, right? In SMTP, we don't know anything of endpoints. We assume senders and recipients exist and are taken care of by SMTP servers. I think in XMPP, because the original application is chatting, then it adds an new protocol to notify "presence" of endpoints.

Edit:
I think when I said "internet scale", I actually meant "a system of billion nodes that are loosely coupled together"
I like the article, and it certainly got me thinking, but it understates the level of skill required to revamp a poorly done website.

To make that type of money flipping sites, you need to spot the right opportunities and make all the right improvements: programming, design, copywriting, marketing, SEO, and optimizing the conversion process.

Anyone with the ability to do all these things well deserves to make money. I'm also skeptical that finding a buyer who can pay 6 figures is as easy as posting to SitePoint.
Note there is an error in the transcription of that section. He said, "Haskell, to pick a functional language" and not "Pascal" as the transcript reads.
Still no text entry field for search terms in opera mini...
You do realize that most of the writers for the Simpsons went to Harvard...
My new project: OpenRemote
If you think the article is about a Get Rick Quick scheme you are entirely missing the point. It takes years of learning and a high level intelligence to make a bad website into a good one.

The real insight here is that profitable sites can the built and sold much more quickly by buying old sites and renovating them. This is because of Search, where old sites that already have some authority and rankings have a great advantage over recently registered domains.
Hi there, I'm one of the 4 folks working on spicyelephant and in answer to your questions:

1. We would not like to limit people to purely textual content, as it stands now you are able to include images in both questions and answers. Further to that, it would be hard to rate a person's recall based purely on whether they got the answer right (e.g. it could have been a random guess)

2. Could you elaborate on where you were failing to see the answers, because answers should definitely appear when studying.

3. Definitely something we can address, thanks for raising it.

4. The real gist of the application isn't in the electronic representation of flash cards, but the algorithm behind it that keeps track of how well you're recalling the answers and then let's you know when the best time is to study again. This studying methodology is known as spaced repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition)

Again, thank you and everyone else who has taken the time to take a look and comment, your feedback and suggestions are all greatly appreciated.
An answer to an amazingly important question: how do plants create hydrogen?
Hurdles at the entrance to a site
"... This article was linkjacked (i.e. stolen) from the nytimes ..."

No just reprinted in a local newspaper and fully attributed. This is no different to physical print newspapers reprinting articles from foreign newspapers. Individual newspapers don't have access to every piece of news. They also reprint material to place their own advertising. Though you might have thought Sitepoint being a Melbourne based company, "The Age" would have printed the story and not the other way around. Reading through the entire article the majority of the content is US based companies using this idea to make money.

Is "NYT" simply reflecting the "make money" signal New York emits? It might also explain why "The Age" hasn't bothered and why Melbourne is the "Artichoke-end" of the Startup world.
Nice visualization, but I think the New York Times' version is easier to follow visually because of the fewer colors.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/23/movies/2008022...
Thanks for your detailed replies.

I'm not convinced that this is a major trend, but I see your point.
Trolleys | Trolley | Sack truck
The technology used to save can: what we want is new useful energy, not new energy per se. If a new use, using current technology, would require 100 W, but using energy-saving technology [developed to save on current use] would only require 50 W, then investment in current savings will produce future savings. Compare the trends in electricity use in California and the rest of the US since the '70s: California's per capita use has been nearly flat, while the rest of the country's has grown substantially.
No sarcasm or any other negative stuff. I really asked. I even bookmarked http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Chocobean

Actually I rewrote my comment to make it not sound sarcastic as the v0.9 did sound that way to me. Looks like I didn't do a very good job of v1.0 either. ;) But believe me.
you have a categorical error when you compare ActiveMQ to AMQP; they exist at different layers of the MQ stack (AMQP is a transport protocol.)

http://activemq.apache.org/how-does-activemq-compare-to-amqp...
In China, Low-End Industries Give Way to High-Tech
"Snowball" - I guess they mean Snobol. Perhaps a non programmer did the transcription.
They were really smart about not talking about it.
No: bandwidth is the new Windows.
I haven't observed this in starbucks, but I've observed it in other places -- and I reason that starbucks is probably no different from other coffee shops.
Great idea, but please not HN.
Funny. I never thought twice about expertsexchange.com until that.
Can anybody who still uses Digg comment on if this makes Digg worthwhile again (or at least not a waste of time)?
How unique and courageous to see someone that has had a very public failure talk so honestly about it. I wish there were more people with that kind of guts.

Lots of respect to Julie Wainwright...
oops. If only there was a delete/edit button.
Is it such a problem that technically oriented, entrepreneurial Yale students head out to silicon valley for funding? After all, I wouldn't expect Yale to try to dissuade finance-types from working on wall street. Instead, it would make more sense to tout the students' success stories in these two regions - ie., prove that you don't have to go to Stanford to succeed on Sand Hill Road, and that you don't have to go to Columbia to succeed on wall street.
DevCentral Weekly Roundup Episode 49 - The Weather Report
Just use Google Reader, Zed, but only read encrypted blogs that are available via encrypted URLs.
I thought wasting time was the point.
See also: exformation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exformation
Funny you say that because where I had no problem (probably because I'm good at recognizing patterns) remembering the period placement, I slipped up three times today and forgot to remove them when going to the site.
Thank you very much for clarifying that :) And I Think your "Startup A Week" idea is great.
There's a great Google tech talk on this subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyzOUbkUf3M
Can I have old one back? This version sucks. Tag completion is crappy and you don't see the tags that other people selected for the link. Speed of entry was one thing that I liked about del.icio.us and now that it's gone, it's horrible. Two features that made me wanna use it are now gone. Great :(

If anyone has some suggestions for some other bookmark site, please leave them here.... I'm leaving delicious.com
Looks Good To Me - Source Code Review Tools
EpicFu interviews the writers of Dr. Horrible
That's not a startup idea, that's a joke.
Liquid Lake on Titan; Water Confirmed on Mars.
Data Structures as Culture
Philip Rosedale Doesn’t See Browser-Based Virtual Worlds As A Threat to Second Life
Really since the 'is angry' is implied by the 'Zed Shaw', you could get away with just 'Zed Shaw - [topic]'

(Edit: I love Zed, just so we are clear. Of course, I loved Maddox too, and I don't expect everyone else to like him just because I do.)
The merging of xmpp and rabbit mq is fascinating -- i've bookmarked this and will follow-up on it. I'm reading through the documentation now, but from what I can see this is great tech. (mod parent up!)
They really have a big team working on it, curious to see that they display all their names and bookmarks:
http://delicious.com/about

Unfortunately the UI is way to bloated, not enought contrast between the elements, like the old layout had. But perfomance wise, it seems that the migration to the PHP Symfony framework helped to speed things out.
Getting free Usenet is noticeably better than paying for it.
Why VCs invest in stupid companies
A Killer App for Common Lisp
My startup made $300K in the first week.
Hi.

The other day I noticed a post about someone who had a startup that made $10K in the first few weeks or so.

I'm considering blogging about various aspects of my business success and failures, including the marketing behind it. Like the title says, my startup had revenues of $300K within 7 days of launching and totalling $750K so far... and that is with many things going very wrong, and of course some things going quite right early on.

The question is, does anyone here care to hear about my stories? If I blog on this stuff, should I submit links to Hacker News?

Thank you,
John.
The Road to the Information Age
Yet another search engine
Another fast and easy Search engine. No reload, Ajax interface!
yes I thought so too. And you think he would know a thing or too (rare long term experience in this industry)
Except it is a chore, it's not fun. If we could just take a magic pill and instantly be in shape, I can't imagine anyone still choosing to exercise, thus, chore!
I think you should better blog about the reason of success of those start up, that would be better !
just changes the scale of the filtering 'now takes more diggs for the front page' .... so if they havent adjusted yet .. ( although im sure its automatic) it would be easier to hit front page
Since the day man discovered how to string the letters "F, U, C and K" together to form a word, angry ranting has been in fashion. Historical trends are against you here, I'm afraid.
A: You can stop reading the angry blogger at any time, but while in the bar you have to listen to it.
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Suggestions for improvement:

Spell-check search queries, à la google. E.g. searching on [vacum cleener] should ask if you meant/search on [vacuum cleaner].

Search also for synonyms. E.g. [secateurs] gave me no results, but [pruner] did. It would be good if the latter search was automatically done given the former query.
Oh nice one!

I've been using the preview version of delicious for a while now and it's really good.

For those curious, it was developed using the PHP framework Symfony, which is actually pretty nice I might add.
Hydrogen Atom Scale Model
"Mystics might say I am entering a new seven-year cycle. I kind of think that's true because I believe there are universal laws and truths. I do know I have been on a journey."

Well, she hasn't learned any lessons about trying to get away with sloppy thinking whenever she thinks she won't get called on it.
The fact that they had a program to come back with so quickly will very likely work against them in court. HB will want ongoing revenue from this new product because it used the HB materials to build up it's user base. A sort of bait-and-switch HB will argue.
What makes you think I have a browser open all the time? At least on my system, I'm far more likely to have a terminal open.

And no, I don't want to read feeds in a browser. (Actually, ideally they'd show up in my inbox as emails, but that's a different topic)
Yes. As it says in the site guidelines, the test is whether you'd say the same thing face to face. I hope you wouldn't say "if you say otherwise you are a stupid, ignorant fuck" to someone's face.
absolutely !
Hi John,
I'd be interested in hearing your story. Submitting a link here is harmless. If the article doesn't catch on it won't get voted up.
I'm suspicious. The number seems off, as does the coy pitch. But I'd be curious to hear more.
Hacking Perl in Nightclubs
It's a chore to you, and I'm sorry for that. So find something fun.

That you can't imagine anyone still choosing to exercise says a lot about how you think about it. Going through a good workout is the same for me as solving a hard problem.
See the way it works, is that I sell you the right to sell this book for a small cut, and then you sell that right to other people but you take a cut, so its LIKE a pyramid scheme, but its not actually one ... I swear.
only if you have proof/photos of the actual checks for the revs...

peace
I'd like to see a simplified del.icio.us bookmarklet for the iPhone. Their new one is just too bulky to maneuver on my little phone.
If you really have a start up, not a pyramid scheme, definitely.

I think I speak for everyone here when I say that we like those types of things because they adds to our collective intelligence.
Canon 24mm TSE - The "Miniature" Photography Look
Answer:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/05/health/research/05fat.html...

> Losing or gaining weight affects only the amount of fat stored in the cells, not the number of cells.

BUT

> Every year [..] 10 percent of your fat cells die [...] and are replaced with new fat cells.

So, fat people aren't at a disadvantage by having far more cells.
Red Hat chief: 'The clouds will all run Linux'
proof proof proof
Book Review: Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
Beyond REST, or Beyond XMPP? Both? The Q&A
Is the link to the transcript inside the flash, and if so, could somebody please post it?
If you have an interesting story to tell, you should tell it. At best you'll help people by recounting your experiences and likely have some interesting conversation in the process. At worst you'll have lost nothing but the 30 minutes it takes to write the post.
What is this? The Digital Point forums?
Totally agreed. That doesn't negate anything I just said. It's stateful. It's XML. It's a stateful XML protocol (and it happens to also have presence, which I left out, but does make some people's knickers wet).
So the only thing stopping you from this is that they are on 2 different domains? Why does that stop you?
Naturally we're interested. Like a fellow commenter mentions, though, the numbers seem off.

Give us a little more to work with here.

$300K revenue in seven days is spectacular for a startup with $100 in funding making a website about cute cat pictures.

It's less spectacular when there's a pile of VC money, the revenue comes from steel trading deals and the profit on the $300K is about $10.

But hey, I'd be interested in reading about it either way. Fire up that blog engine and submit some links!
Who Needs the Tech IPO? Open source & Facebook have changed the economics of Web startups
A classic example of fixing what's not broken.
"... Angry rants can be hilarious but he's veering into net kook territory with reviews of console based feed readers ..."

The problem with limiting your repertoire is your response becomes one dimensional and tired. Maybe "Angry Zed" is following the Joel Spolsky "Rule 1" in Painless Functional Specifications Pt4, "Be funny" ~ http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000033.html The only thing is Zed is not funny. Now if you want Angry try emulating "Angry of Mayfield" (Kenny Everett)~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXkxJkjCk-c or how about Mr.Gumby (Monty Python) ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlKiRPSNGA or if you want a quick essay read the "Argument sketch" (Python again) ~ http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/jokes/monty-python-arguement.ht...

Once you have made your "Angry" point you should move to a different style. Unless of course you want to be a "blub" blogger like Jed.
Read her bio at the bottom. If that's failure, sign me up!
What Do Small Open Source Projects Do With Money? Not Much.
The Silicon Valley ecosystem is too well established? (...even people from the other side of the planet are looking to Silicon Valley if they are into tech and coming to America).
Haha.. I thought I was the only one who thought of it this way.. :)
Microsoft Should Invest in Startups a la YC
How to hire an idiot (from the 'How to sell your software for $20,000' guy)
Business plan competitions seem to be about giving away money to the wrong thing. The prizes go to the ones who can write what the judges want to read, not to those who can start a company. Perhaps they should give the prizes to people with product prototypes or who can demonstrate the existence of a market because they've sold something to it
2. It's not that I'm failing to see the answers, it's that I'd like somewhere to write my answer and then (even if it's not automatically scored) show me what I wrote and how it compares to the real answer. Otherwise, I'm not doing anything, I'm just passively clicking through cards.

Same reason I write code instead of just reading language manuals. I used to do the latter, but it doesn't really teach well. Unless you're actively doing stuff and getting feedback on how you did, you're not really learning.
Believe me it was really hard to not tell you guys what was going on... but we were/are bound by some pretty strong NDAs
http://johnreel.com/blog/
undead,

I think you should better blog about the reason of success of those start up, that would be better !
I know that "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process." </quote>, but could you elaborate what are you talking about?
Here's a link to the Brian Aker's Drizzle session O'Reilly talks about: http://technocation.org/node/576/
Lisp Language for Programming Proteins
Custom Search Engine
I want to develop a custom search engine, where is the best place or service to learn?
His "startup"
http://www.gotrythis.com
Cyber Security Awareness Week
If you're in high-school or college, this is a great opportunity to test your infosec skills against your peers, and hopefully earn a little prize money in the process.

"ISIS Lab is organizing NYU-Poly's 5th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) where students can compete and win prizes in a variety of information security challenges. There will be door prizes, raffles for participating, and bonus prizes for undergrad and high school participants. Qualified finalists will receive a travel scholarship to attend the awards ceremony in New York City."

There are a number of events, including an application security "capture the flag" challenge, a security quiz which covers everything from cryptography to risk management, and a 5-day forensics puzzle.

This looks like a lot of fun. Some of the contest materials become available at the beginning of September, so sign up soon if you're interested in participating.

Ref: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2008/07/cyber_security_awareness_week.html
I'm interested in hearing your story. I'd even be interested if your revenues came from porn or gambling.
I don't know. It depends how centralized those industries are in particular cities, and whether New Haven is one of them.
"I had people laugh in my face when I introduced myself for years after the company closed."

Julie,

On behalf of everyone here at HN, you are welcome here anytime.

You will have the last laugh, I'm sure.

:)
The website for GoTryThis2 looks like a spam e-mail. I am looking at it, and I can't actually figure out what it does. Is it a webapp? A piece of software that I download? Something else? All I see is "affiliate marketing", "increase profits" blah blah blah. I don't mean to sound like I am bitter or something - I am sure you make a lot of money doing whatever it is you are doing, but the feel and presentation of your gotrythis.com site is a major turn-off, the same kind of turn-off I get when I consider the possibility of making a business out of spamming or domain squatting.
In general, I think it is better to write your story and ask, than ask then write your story ...unless you want to build anticipation.

I am sure most people here would be very interested to know more and well written, objective, thoughtful, and insightful pieces are always appreciated regardless of where on the internet you submit them (but especially here).
If you're in high-school or college, this is a great opportunity to test your infosec skills against your peers, and hopefully earn a little prize money in the process.

"ISIS Lab is organizing NYU-Poly's 5th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) where students can compete and win prizes in a variety of information security challenges. There will be door prizes, raffles for participating, and bonus prizes for undergrad and high school participants. Qualified finalists will receive a travel scholarship to attend the awards ceremony in New York City."

There are a number of events, including an application security "capture the flag" challenge, a security quiz which covers everything from cryptography to risk management, and a 5-day forensics puzzle.

This looks like a lot of fun. Some of the contest materials become available at the beginning of September, so sign up soon if you're interested in participating.

Ref: http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2008/07/cyber_security...
What is idea incubation? Working on your startup's business plan while in school? Sounds like premature optimization. Or more precisely, what Trevor calls "turd polishing."

If you want to start a web/software startup, the best thing you can do while in school is just start hacking with your friends. Maybe a company will grow out of it, maybe not, but you'll get the two most important ingredients for a startup: expertise and co-founders.

But hack, don't plan.
Interrupted: The Cost of Task Switching
Um, yeah... thanks, but no thanks.
Who would have thought that so many great technologies would be created to create tiny classified ads.

I wonder if Google gave Don Lapre any stock options for giving them their business model. Or, maybe they just made the $39.95 payments?:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mubCkCAEiDQ
http://www.GoTryTHIS.com

Yeah... how about no.